The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1869-11-09

METHODIST llURCII-PLYMOUTII CHURCH
AND HENRY WARD MISUNDERSTANDING
IMPREssTONs-THE ELEVATED RAILWAY
OF NEw-YORK cITY--THE UTILITY or
NEW YORK CrTY-srEANER Gerry OF
BRUSSELS
"GRAND lloTEL," New York, !
October Doth, 1869.
On the corner of Broadway and 3lst
Streets stands this palatial Hotel, entirely
new, built of white marble at cost Of
100000, aside from the land on which
it stands, which is valued at some $780,
600 more. 1t is first class hotel, and
just furnished at cost Of $4,000. Ii
is rented for the first year at the low price
Of $4,000. Mr.. Higgins, the owner, a
wealthy carpet merchant, (whose wealth
is estimated at ten millions of dollars)
has presented to one of his daughters
just married, as a wedding present, the
rent of this hotel during her natural life.
time. The surprised and anxious groom
it is said, bears up under this financial in.
Fiction with manly fortitude, and unless
bcrcft of his excellent industrial and eco
nomical traits, will manage to get on very
well in life.
This hotel is kept on the European
plan. The charge for furnished room
exclusive Of board, is $500 per day. We
found everything in keeping with the
name, grand" superlatively "grand.
We commend it to those DESTROYS of the
largest measure Of hotel comforts.
The day is delightful, and all New
York is gorgeous to the eye. What
mercy is Sabbath in New York About
the previous midnight the vast city ap
pearcd given over to sleep, like labor
ing man after his toll. There was n hush
Of human voices, and its great heart bea
silently and still Its fGvcrcd pulse ant
heavy throb had now subsidized, and it lay
in a state Of calm repose. Through al
the hours of Sabbath morning it was re
frcshing to look on a great city dcvoutly
at rest; a peaceful calm seemed to hay,
ovcrtakcn it, and all day long the turbu
lcncc and war and almost dcatening noise
OF the busy, tolling, trading thousands
was hushed to silence, and save here AM
there horse car or an apple woman
on a corner, nought occurred t.
disturb the holy quiet of a Puri
tan Sabbath. Such Difference and re-
spoct for the day, which "like COLDER
clasp, binds the volume Of the week to
gethor," is truly refreshing to the hear
of the christian.
At the appointed hour, we found ouI
way to the John Street Methodist Church
1t was the occasion of the 103d anniver
sary of the first Methodist T.. Church il
the United States. Philip Embury anc
Barbara IIick organized, in New Yorl
City, the first Methodist Society in Amer
lea, in 176S. Through their labors tn
first Methodist Church was erected OF
this spot, and dedicated by Embury, tn
first pastor, (also the first classleader an,
local prcacher) Their works do follo1
them. On entering the house we foun
it compactly filled with dcvout worship
crs The exercises at this hour were i
the form and character of "lovc-fcast.
AS thousand voices united in singing
q There is n fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Emanucls veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that food
Lose all thoir guilty stains
not soul in that vast congregation seem
ed unmoved or uninspired by those loft
strains, and many an eye moistcned t
tears of gladncss and joy that they wcr
spared to engage in this, another anniver
sary Of the oldest Methodist Church i
America. These soul-stirring exercise
were succeeded by forciblc and charac
teristic discourse from DR.. DuShiel, Presi
dent of Dickinson College, Pa. At noon
refreshments were served to those from
distance, in the basement, At2 o'cloc
a reunion, followed by a collection for tn
pastor of the church. which amounted t,
the round sum of $4,000
In the evening we listened to one WHOM
we had ardently admired for many years
never before having had the pleasure {
hearing him. Mr.. Becchers Church
long before he took his stand, was crowd
cd to its fullest capacity. Every sea-
every aisle and all standing room was OF
, cupicd. Plymouth Church will sea
, 5000 persons, and more that number wer
present. Such vast sea of faces W
never saw before in a church. 1t re
minded us of the vast throngs that gathC
, at some Of the Metropolitan Camp Nee
ings The Congregational singing, AZ
companied by the vast organ, was gran
r and thrilling. The sermon was excellen
and all hung upon the speakers wore
= with delight. The scene, the impassione
cloquencc Of the preacher, his zcal-an
the beautiful imagery employed in er
f forcing his sentiments-his manifest Low
G for the souls Of men, all daguerreotype
f themselves on our memory, never nevC
= TO be forgotten.
The hong talked of Elevated Railwa
: Of New York city, is now reality. III
first section of this road from Courtlan,
n street to the Battery, is now in pcrfc,
r running order; and one of the ten ell
b giant new cars built for the company,
4 on the track. 1t has been running ft
several days, carrying the officers an
: stockholders Of the road, their frion,
d and the members of the press. This Sc
+ ton has been rebuilt several times
now appears to be perfect. The car ca
A easily make from 10 to 20 miles an hou
The motion is pleasant and free from ia
and jolts, and riding on the road, We fe
as safe, if not safer, than on any stea
road on which we travel. A collision
impossible, The girders are composed
two iron beams, with another of wood b
tween them the iron is of such shal
: that when bolted to the wood it forms
d perfect dove-tail, into which the rail
slipped-all of which would have to br
= ken before an accident, caused by br