Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-10-15

few DAYS, without scratch 70 tell OF tne
strife they have waged. So much for the
High Church party and the Unitarians.
The Low Churchmen are with the latter
sect up to certain point, but when that
il reached the two diverge, and II may be
many years before they battle on the
same plan again. The Low Churcbmen
will not be content with simply checking
the Romish tendencies OF the High
Churchmen. They began with demand
for a revision Of the Book of Common
PRAYER, from which all Romish germs
should be purged; but now they go fur
ther, and call for the formation OF new
and distinct organization. The Protest
ana Churchman, the ablest organ of the
Low Church party, fully indorses this
action and proposes a general council,
which, after revising and improving
the prayer book, shall invite, q
union "of all friends of evangelical
truth, whether in the church or out
of ii, who favor liturgical form
of worship and moderate historic Epis-
copal" to organize Reformed Prot
estant Episcopal Church" This is an
other evidence that the age of disintegra'
ton is not ended, and, taken in connec-
ton with the facts in the case OF the
Second Baptist Church in Newport, and
the threatened troubles in the jewish
Synagogue, is rather strengthening to the
believers in the early approach OF the
millennium, whose chorus is "the great
revolution is nigh"
There was an immense outpouring ol
Republicans at the Academy of Music,
Brooklyn, last night, to hear Beecher on
the issues of the day. For two hours
before the speaker appeared the grea'
room was filled to overhowing and thou
sands Of persons were unable to reach
the doors. The speech was one o.
Beecher's best. He was logical, witty
satirical, as usual, and received such ap'
plause as only Beecher can receive from
a Brooklyn audience. His argument in
favor of negro suffrage was the simplest,
plainest, strongest, best, | ever heard,
and l have no doubt will have great
weight in making intelligent Democrats
change their views in relation to this i'm
portant subject.
The people of Brooklyn hold mass
meeting tonight at the Academy OF Mu
sic to express their indignation at the
course pursued by the Board of Super
visors, in appointing inspectors and can
vassers to serve at the coming cleo
ton. Heretofore, since 1865, when
the Board was first invested with
the powers of appointment, the
Democrats have been in the minority,
notwithstanding which they have been
allowed two Inspectors and one Can
vasser for each District, the Republicans
having the same. At recent meeting
of the Board this arrangement was broken,
and the result is as follows: in forty. o.
the lO2 election districts of Brooklyn (all
of which are Republican,, the inspectors
are equally divided between the two par
ties. In fifty districts the canvassers
are equally divided. In twenty. nine
districts, all Democratic, the four In
spectors are Democrats, and IN twenty
Of these Democratic districts there is
not a single Republican canvasser
Hence the Indignation which IS to be
very plainly expressed tonight
The theaters and other places OF
amusement are beginning to brush up
for the winter campaign. Among. the
most noticeable features presented at
this early day, are Humpty Dumpty,
which will be performed o-night for ths
234th time Undine, spectacular
drama, introducing much undress uni
form, at Niblo's; and La Grande Ouch
esse, at the French Theater. In the lat
ter, under the management of Grau,, the
irrepressible, the Grand Duchesse is
personated by Mile Rose Bell, who,
though not so pretty and so piquant, and
so bold as Tostel, has finer voice, and
acts her part with enough of grace and
abandon to make her great favorite.