Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-10-30

can't live. The rig was destroyed. but
before her hull ccas cd TO burn, the
flames spread TO the oil wol;ls Of Rock
fell & Co.. Warren & Co and Andrews
& Co., and in an hours time, spite of all
that could be done to prevent it, the
buildings and their contents-10, 900 bar
rels of oil, had vanish ID into the air.
Prominent churchmcn, of all denomi
nations, are anxiously watching the re-
ligious events of the day, by the aid of
which they expect soon to cast the hor-
oscope Of the future. Thn Tying trouble
hurst upon them at the time when Rit-
ualism was commencing to assert itself
most positively then came the Hub
bard affair in Rhode Island then Faith
! er Hccker's pamphlet gained place in
the list of noticeable products of reli-
gous controversy next came the two
great Church Convent.ons-th Unita-
rian and the Protestant Episcopal-in
both of which, important measures Of
church polity and policy were warmly
discussed.
In the latter convention, the Tying
matter received much attention, the ar
grmcnts developing the fact that the
is greet danger of srlit in the Episco-
pal Church at no distant day. On the
heels of this herald of strife comes an
other--the trouble between DR.. Mason
Gallagher. the brilliant young Episco-
ralian INDEPENDENT, of Brooklyn. and
five ministers Of Detroit. who objected to
his preaching in Dr.. ID ,ffiold's pulpit
without their consent. The corr ,spon-
dence between the part of the first
part, an the part Of the second part" is
Published in full in the last issue of the
Protestant Churchmdn, and is very spicy.
| But the most remarkable omen of APP
preaching trouble is the recent sermon
Of Rev. DR.. Ever, of Trinity Church,
Fifth Avenue--tl.e sermon of Protes-
tant Episcopal minister, delivered to
and for the benefit of Il Protestant Epis-
copal congregational which the Rev.
Prelate TAX IS the ground that Protes-
tantsm is q failure, and that the worst
enemies OF religion were Calvin and
Luther.
Your correspondent has just returned
from Princeton, N. $50 miles from
the city, where DR.. James McCosh, d.
d., l. Id, was yesterday installed as
President Of the N. j. College, DR.. Nc
Lean, the retiring President, having
been for - years conn ,ctel with tn? in
stitution.
The ceremonies were very impressive,
and the inaugural address of DR.. Nc
Gosh was one of the soundcst and most
interesting l hovc ever heard. His topic
was &c ldem,c teaching in Europe, and
in handling the subject he was more
like an American than q foreigner.
He is a noblc-looking man, with face
remarkable for its sweetness of express
sion and fer the rapidity with which it
changes expression at the beck Of every
thought and emotion. He speaks with
the Scotch accent, and reads much like
Dickens, letting his voice rise at the end
of the sentence, instead Of giving it the
downward slide as we do. He is very
fond of the circumtlCX, too, and the eff
feet Ioiuced by his frequent use of it
is very odd, but very pleasant. pre-
diet for him the greatest happiness at
Princeton, and believe that he is des-
tined to be, not only the most popular
College President in the United States,
but, in time, the most useful educator in
the speaking wOrll.
Frank p. Blair, who, by the way, was
once student at Princeton, spoke to the
Democracy at Tammany Hall, last
night. His main point was an attack
upon the U. S. Congress for their course
in the reconstruction business, but al, o
gave Grant a blast, charging him with
II Cromwellian ambition TO hold des-
potic power and never give it up. He
told his hearers that there could be no
doubt about Grants policy, and that
his election to the Presidency would
place the country under the rule of q
Dictator.
Brighten. John Spiccr, late of the
Confederate army, defendant in the
great bond robbery is still on trial before
Justice Hogan, at the Iombs.
Peter Cooper has kindly ten ,ered to
the Workingwomen's AssC citation the
use of the large Hall of the Cooper In
stitute for Miss Anna Dc'lenson's lee
ture, next Thursday night, the 9Th prox.
This association was formed on Monday
night, with Miss Susan b. Anthony as
President.
With all the excitement of election
eering, we louise sight of musical mat
, tiers, and yet, in the minds of many Ii ~
; take q prominent position, rs Il health