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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-25
liz COLORADO eXpEDiIlea.
Another Letter from Major Powell.

Another Letter from Major Powell.
correspondent OF the st. Louis Republican writes
from Illinois,
Though the Enclosed letter from Major Powell was
written with no thought Of publication the interest
felt at this time In his expedition Induces me to send
II TO you for that purpose. 1t may be well to explain
that the cabns which he speaks Of In his boats are
simply water tight compartments, made by decking
over i've Ieet or the bow and stern. He had three
boats twenty feet long and one sixteen feet long
tue last 10 be used by himself as an advance ex.
plorer. II was one OF the larger ones tina, was lost
The candles were for In reading the barometers
at night. In estimating the MAJORS remark about
the scenery y to De remembered that he falnil
lar with nearly the Whole OF the grand scenery of the
Rocky Mountains, and that he Is habitually sparing
OF strong words.
CANT AT Mourn or utgrAH RIVER,
- e., vr June ~, 1863.
Mr. DEAR FRIEND Your interest in our party and de.
sire for great that take the frat
nifty 10 repor, myself Shall walk 70 the uipsb 9pSap
The ISS sS2s e ssss nps %s letters
Well the boats seem TO be The closed cabins a,
several mes been w water While oadea %s h mse
and raous they sti would Goat Altogether we have run
down twelve fifteen feet Ia 1913 yards, among rocks thai
The canon walls have been from 1900 10 1880 fec. buh
rarely pependIcgar on both sds at once and always foot,
nearly mile in length We have Sad one great
ter Rowland failed understand the signal Ia land
was at last wrecked The three men IN the boa, e
get little sand and were brought on 10 safety. BY this
ramsn.s Al the barome.srs were on board BIZ, were re-
moved From the wreck. few csedle. am the o.
sn what they
The acepery was On grand scae and never before did
:sss :s ssss s'as specimen.
through he canops thousand fee. OF sandstone
Sss ae Al so: sSl'sa sSi sS ss VIZ
high hopes Of success - stem.
WIN grow ''''''' ! "' ''"'' '''' J. W. POWELL
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Was Lincoln n Catholic 2

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TABLET
In paragraph published by you from the Paris
Monde 1t IS asserted by NJ. Martin on the authority
OF the late Bishop Leieyre, that the late President
Lincoln was baptized Catholic, and that he was
also Freemason. l doubt NJ. Martins statement.
1t Is simply hyperboica assertion, INDUCED in ex-
tensivey by French writers OF NJ. Martins
stamp when writing about this country. The same
accusation was brought against Mr. Lincoln while a
candidate for the Presidency, by some over.zealous
Catholics IL asserted that this ana that priest
had baptized him. &C., but |. was never proved and
there was no truth in it. 10 show the iallacy Of M.
Martins other assertion, | can say posi-
lively that President Lincoln was not o Free.
mason, and never tried to be one. THIS have
from Mason. Had he been Mason Wilkes
Booth would not have assassinated him. as Booth
was one Of the "great guns Of Masonry IN this
country, as were, In fact all the Southern rebels.
The same may be said or Mr.. Seward. He is no
Mason. Had Lincoln and Seward been Masons 1t Is
doubtful II we should have mad war. Whatever
sins Lincoln may have been guilty Of he was not
guilty or ap0stacy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-25

"Thc Church Bill IN the House OF Lords" aud q
written from strong tory standpoint. a. all the
papers whion have Appeared In Blacxao0od's have
been.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We have received from the publishers Ste,cdrrs
quarterly Magazine, literary periodical published
at st. john New Brunswick It Ia very well con-
Quoted and VIII compare favorably with some OF our
metropolitan publications..
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--
Many CO your readers interested In religious pro-
gress will undoubtedly rejoice in religious move.
ment now taking place in Switzerland and by
North German journal OF recent date described
In substance as follows:-" Buisson, modest
young Protestant student, born in lSil in
Paris, who wrote In 1861 a pamphlet COR
thodoxie ct pEvange"-and O year later
another against orthodox coercion, was in conse.
quence accommodated by the deacons OF the COM
mune to which he belonged. He retired to Swtzer-
land, where he followed quietly and industrousy
his studies on the origin OF Professionalism ana his
duties as teacher OF philosophy at the newly or.
ganiz ed Academy of Neufchatel. Unexpectedly he
came out with lecture ''ine Biblical History In
she Public SCHOOL, which caused an uncommon
stir among the orthodox; but, to their honor be IL
recorded, that free thought there IS already firmly
established, SO that their administration, though
almost exclusively orthodox, readily permitted the
use OF their church Tor lectures free Christianity
The DISCUSSIONS on the said Biblical history were
conducted by both parties warmly, but free from
personal feeling.
Buisson expresses his creed In the following man.
uer-There Ii only one essential belief, precisely
the one that depends on no article OF catechism;
lt u the belief In good In all invisible realities that
hre not TO be found In books but the nnermosE Au.
man soul, the belief In right, In duty and In the
Gacredness OF love, realities by which God reveals
Himself Id man. But woe TO him who permits this
bis duty the spring We ective force Of the whole
desire s new Tes ys 0t but 70
tDrm the old Christian Church. ~ purifying it from
~ dayk tenets that THEOLOGY added for centuries,
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Catholic Combinations.

The Tablet states that the Archbishop administered
the sacrament OF confirmation on Saturday, 18th
inst, on Randals Island, In the institution under
the charge Of the Commissioners OF Public Charities
and Correction to 100 Children and on the same day
&C Harris Island, In the institution under the charge
OF the above named COMMISSIONERS TO sixty six boys
and three adults.
The sacrament OF confirmation will be admins
tered In st. Stephens church. East Twenty.eighth
street, on "Wednesday morning, 28th inst.
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their dress as they would have BEEN even for an
ordinary evenings entertainment Ut tr!enas
vests white aud black aud panIaloons gray
and brown and mixed; and coats rock, sacs
and curtaiied, investing tnose wno mii;is.e ee
unto mo in molly things. rendered IL exceedingly dinl-
cult for me 10 realize that mad not wandered away
from the church OF my love. Tne molly
table IN this church Is a very common table stand.
Now, imagine lamp on stand, and directly IN front
OF it, at the chancel rail- very tall and very tnin
long and coat that scarcely covered the base OF his
person, gestIculating violently, wien lower lImDs
frequently extended, ana the lamp oehinu snrowtnE
on one occasion almost CONFUSED us with It's ludl'
crous character. During the four sundays we were
PUTIN Bay there clergy IN the cnaucel repre-
senting two three and on one occasion -FOUR dilfer-
ent denominations. At one service, rs they entereu
the chauce from the vestry-room, they arranged
themselves ior their private devottons as iollows:
One took his seatdeiberaely and rested ms cn upon
his hand: another Knelt WIN MS lace n als cnr;
walked up to the angie Of the walt at one corner OF
the chance and, planting his sharp face dlrecty IN
the angle stood up Tor ms dev0lons.
Anecdote About u Church OF Scotland Clergy.
Rev. Donald Mcleod, Of Linthgow, brother OF
DR.. Norman Mcleod was lately indicted into Park
church. Glasgow. the wealtbiest and most liberal
congregation in the Established Church Of Scotland.
In replying to the toast for his health Mr.. Mcleod
humOrously mentioned the following anecdote:--
confess that had hoped to have been permitted
to live and die at Linllthgow. Indeed, my old beade
(who was at the PARK to-day, by the wayl was very
first went to Linlthg0w he took me into the grave
yard, and, showing Inc the graves Of my predeces-
sors, said "Theres where Dr. Bell lies, and there's
wnere DR.. Dobe lies, and there's where you lie, II
you are spared" daughter aud applause. lie
was indignant with me when accepted the call.
''Well" be SAID, eye are the rst minister that was
ever lifted Dot o. Liulithgow except to the graves"
and don't think he yet pardOns me for having de-
prived him Of that satisfaction. tRenewed laugh
teri.
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RELIGION and the Pacific Railroad.

The various Christian bodies are entering with
generous rivalry the task Of establishing churches
along the line OF the Pacific Railroad. We notice
that In Cheyenne and other places the Baptist dele.
cation Of their missionary society have stopped and
prospected In Cheyenne pronounced Shy-enl an
agent OF the American Home Missionary Society
found nineteen persons ready TO form a Congrega.
uona church and TO pledge 5000 toward tue support
81 m ~ sn Inc society appointed Rey
But, after organizing church. he finds his efforts
somewhat embarrassed by the offer OF the Old School
Pre5byteras 10 give 5000 IN aid or the erection OF
church OF their order That Is more than the Goa.
gGfegationa' Union often thinks Is wise TO give.
capital OF wyoming Territory.
sGetting Squares" on IN Obnoxious Minister.
rather singular phase Of the oldfashioned par
ish usages OF the Puritanic forefathers has lust
come to light in the town Of Hanover Mass. The
Rev. Mr.. Freeman settled as pastor Of the First
Congregational church and society some fifteen
years ago. Mir. freeman, In his zeal to promote the
Masters cause, made himself obnoxious TO some OF
the young men by stfenuonsly opposing the use OF
the Town Hall for balls and kindred gatherings.
Thereupon these young men sought revenge In an
unheard.of dscreditaPle manner: Not having SUI.
bers OF the society by hiring sittlngs. All went
smoothly until the annual parish meeting when
the new members voted not 10 raise anything the
coming year for the payment OF the PASTORS salary
thus virtually and summary dislaissipg that gen.
tleman from the duties OF his ofcel
How They Manage Religious Exercises at
"Put-in.Bay,' Ohio,
A correspondent Of the Church Journal has been
attending religious exercises In the Episcopal
church at Put-ln.Bay, Ohio, which has lately de.
clared itself Independent On his FIRST Sabbath
there he "saw four clergymen walk into the chan.
eel in citizens dress, Of every variety OF cut from
rock to curtai, and by pQ meals uniform In color.
| For the 1rst time in my fife received the LORDS
Supper In church from clergymen In citizens dress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
COMPELSORY EDUCATION

A careful scrutiny into the philosophy and
phenomena of the subject of vagrancy reveals
two sets of causes in their prOximate phase
for the existing neglect in regard to educa-
ton in this city. One is in the parent. the
other in the child. Many parents are unedu-
Gated, and often do not appreciate the adyan-
tages of education for their children
many are stupcfed into apathy by their
vices, and exercise no paternal care,
while others are driven by poverty into
hopeless abandonment of all efforts for their
children's improvement. The same cause I'M
pels some parents to supplement a miserable
subsistence by whatever service they can ex-
tort from their children, whether it be nno-
cent or criminal. In other words, it is either
the abandonment or abuse of the parental
trust The other branch of the cooper
ating causes is the constitutional heed
lessness and imprOvldence of children
their love of freedom and their adherence
of restraint the excitements and intOxicatiOn of
vice, and the antipathy they create to the re-
straints and self-dcnials of life of virtue and
usefulness in other words, disqualification
for self-direction. 1t is a case of abandon
ment on the one hand and helplessness on the
other both Of which suggest the nature of
the remedy
What, then, is the remedy'
Tufts Of grass have their sphere and uses.
In this case, they have done good and in
dispensable work, but have not been equal to
all the necessities and peculiarities of the stua-
ton. The time las undoubtedly come when
the virtue of some application of stones should
be tried. This is proposed to be done in the
following process of reasoning and the fol-
lowing line of procedure:
l. The State has vested interest in the
person Of every citizen. acquired by tie protec-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
aeGut21orE Daily Grib11>1e
FRIDAY, AUGUST %, 1869.

The rumorcd rejection OF The BGrnSame treaty Is as
believed in Washington. The Empress Eugene mas
abandoned her purpose Of visiting jerusalem ana VIII go
DO further than CoustautnCple Two OF the CafliS'S
have been executed in Spain and others at"
under sentence OF death. In CUBA lhe
suapiards are organizing sort Of home'guard SPAN
promises to send 5000 troops 90 the Island within Tort
night An American citizen named Aab' arrested Oy
the Spauars at Cenfuegos has been released at the
request OF Mr.. Plumb.
Two miles OF sheds have been burned on the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad. Forty seizures Of goods by Rev
enue officers were reported to Commissioner Delano
Yesterday There arc fears Of Indian outbreak IN
NewNIcxico. The coal miners at Scranton have ac-
cepted the operators terms, and will resume work on
Monday a breach in the Genesee feeder has caused
temporary closing OF the Erie Canal Labor Reform dele
Gates have held Convention in Boston.
The cornerstone Of an Orphans Farm School, under
patronage of the Lutheran churches OF this city, was laid
yesterday at Mount Vernon. DIR. Harris reports the
health OF the city as unusually good. James Burns
prisoner escaped from the Tombs yesterday by climbing
ovet the wall The Fenian Congress continued its ses-
SION Yesterday the members manfesng great interest
ami enthusiasm as the proceedings went forward God
1882, lJl. 1881. Temperature, 72', 7e'. so, ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

We would call the attention of our excellent
friend, Mr.. Barnum, to the thrilling fact that
at Aurora, H., recently, an Albino boy weigh
ing 100 pounds was married to Miss Julia Hut
tlcstone. fat girl, whose travelling weight is $50
pounds We do not know that Mr.. Barnum
now takes his old, enthusiastic interest in the
freaks of nature; but if he does he will be
likely to anticipate from this union a progeny
which will be, in the language of the
posters, "a combination of ATTRACTIONS There
really could MT be a finer card than an extra
ordinarily Fat Albino baby 1t Is utterly I'M
possible to have giant and a dwarf united
in the same person, but Fat Albino-whot q
beautiful study for the artist in banners and
trnnspnrenciesi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

The Darbies and Joans, the Mr. and MIS-
John AndcrsOn-my Jo-Johns, have become 80
rare in this age of divorces, that we mention
with pleasure that at Smithfeld, r. l.,
Jonathan Buxton, aged 1O2 years, is living
with his wife Saloma aged 1Ol. This pair OF
nuptial century-plantsl have hourished side by
side for 70 years, and have 0 children living,
the oldest being 70 years of age. There is
something uncommOnly touching and pleasant
in this patriarchal story and we would sug-
gest that it should be printed in the form Of
a tract for gratuitous distribution in Chicago,
st. Louis, and those other cities Of the West
in which the erroneous opinion prevails that
couples are married merely that they may
enjoy the exquisite raptures of separation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
uvw-vopK nAu,y TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. AUGUST q. 1862

of big story The two acres covered WIN
joints, legs of mutton, porter-house steaks
veal-cutlets, pork -chops, trussed fowls tnpe
and sausages, turned out to be only two nun,
dred square feet. The pieces of meat subsidized
into very few fragments. Then somebody
thought of vultures. These ugly birds, which
have been held in general dsesteem since one
of them gave so much trouble to Prometheus,
fly to a great hight after eating dinner ana
frequently no doubt upon some principle OIL
ornithological hygiene, eject the food from their
stomachs. Hence, it seems, the carneous drop
pings. The wonder of the astonlslled Cantor
mans, after this explanation, rapidly SuDSlueu'
and the phenomenon faded into common pace.
The Los Nietos miracle no longer reminded
the tbouchtful of hungry Peter gong upon
the bousetop and seeing a great sheet let down
to the earth, wherein were all manner Oh
footed beasts of the earth, and WIG
"beosts. and creeping things, and fowls OF the
"arr The villainous vultures had spoiled
s,eculotion, and reduced the mystery to quite
natural proportions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
IN ~. Edftor OF the tribune.


SIR: We would like your opinion IN relation
to the following through your paper: sum OF money
heng forwarded city mercantile house by country
merc ant With instructions to pay his drafts on them
out Of same part OF the amount sent TO apply
his account for indebtedness we wish TO know If the
acknowledgment OF the receipt OF the money on the In
closed blank would require the regular receipt stamp
Banks we notice. never stamp their acknowledgements.
Yours, respectfully. RAwsoS 81 Co.
Neic- York Aug. IL, 1862
1t is not subject to such tax. The money
sent is q deposit and the acknowledgment Of
its receipt by letter is no more subject 70 tax
than is the entry by bank officer Of deposit
in the handbook of customer. Any merchant,
however who makes business of receiving
money on deposit, subject to draft or check. and
does the business for profit thereby becomes,
under the law, banker, and is subject TO tax
as such. la. IftO'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

ApropOs of the projected removal of the
capital, the st. Louis and Cincinnati editors
continue to say the most sarcastic and severe
things of each other, and of either city. The
Gazette, of Cincinnati, intimates that Members
of Congress must have pure water. The st.
Louis Democrat Immediately responds that
there is in the whole world 10 purer and
clearer water than that now to be found upon
the st. Louis tables; and declares also that
when the new water-wOrks have been COM
pleted, the water of ST. Louis will be clearer
than clear, and purer than pure. One would
think from this that novel ideas prevail out
West concerning Congressional beverages.
Would MT it be better to settle which city can
offer to Congressn On the oldest and purest
Lxtract of Rive!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

One Yale, proprietor of cheap theater IN
Cincinnati, was last week hailed before Court
of Justice, charged with allowing the can-can
and other exhibitions of the caDscum order
upon his stage, and of permitting thereon a
good deal of highly favored dialogue. Slr,
Manager, however, brought several witnesses
forward who, upon oath, declared that the
performances in question were no more ndei-
cate than various scenes and actions IN that
noble drama, "The Black Crook which has
been witnessed, not only without disapprc 7aL
but with absolute rapture, by tens of thousands
of the most fastidious and respectable theater-
goers ia the United States Six of the jurors
thought an offense had been committed against
Thespian ipurity, while the other six couldn't
sec it in that light; and so the matter was con-
tinued for future consideration and decision.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

Poygamy has had one at least of its usual
results in Brigham Young's kingdom. The
offspring of these half-civilized marital con
ncctions are sickly and short-lved. Of %
deaths in Salt Lake City during a given
month, A were of children; and out of 63
children in the harem of kimbail, AZ have
died. one Bishop has lost 20, another %, and
a third II children. One reason of this dread
full mortality is to be found in the fact that
polygamy makes children cheap and worthless,
and they are consequently neglected, especially
as there is no guaranty of that affection
between their parents which renders these
pledges doubly dear. We have a suspicion,
too, that some at least of these numerous
deaths must be attributed to infanticide,
which has always been common in poIyS-
amous countries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27
Smusrmtnis, ct.

Boorns THEATEP, Twenty -thrd-s between T d.eph
and SiI,b-aves-This Evening at g. Rip Nsn "nA'
Jefferson r,;r+,
Central PARK GARDEN. Scvcuth-aye. anu nHon,.
paib.si-Tbs Evening at S-Grsnd Concert, l"eo
Lew. ., D,o, -
FIFTH AVENUE TuFATER--This Evening Jay
Hr h. Davenport, Mrs Clara Jruuins+ 800, ,r,-o,
GRAND OPERA UouSE cor. Eighth-ave' III Hnu "'"'
lythtrdst This Eveuug At a." sea Of ''' =. Arch
Nu,o,s G,tDyx.-This Evening at s. Arrau-
EaPcgue" @ The
OLYMPIC THrArEE This Evening at ro SK K,li ny
New PautJu.uei " Iiec'r pi'oo'' Do'A SUI
Troupe. q, nj oman of
TIM 1,,nfAvY-This Evening" me me QUe'" -
Hes' srd rae on Wor'o '"l i,ea on,r M s. The
WurAcK'S THFATER.-IllS ENehI"E '' ~
VII" ,.I .sonn Shnse' John T. owens ,rt:n,+L - -
Woors MUSEUM Broadway a ~. cnsss Cant aud
This Day AN-raool, aai A'e.'@-'''"s Wv
Admiral 81. Jr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

They will persist in making liOness Of Miss
Ida Lewis, the Rhode Island young Lady who
saves shipwrecked mariners from drowning.
She lately paid a visit to Pawtucket, r. l.,
which is described as "a continued ovation"
In October she is to be at a meeting of the
Seamen's Friend Society in Philadelphia, and
how many more meetings she will be per-
suaded to attend, to how many more iowa
I" tons" she will be subjected, we cannot even
guess Somehow it does take the charm a
little out of the story of this young woman's
heroism to have her thus exhibited in various
towns and cities; but we suppose that it must
be submitted to. Only we hope that no great
storm will arise, and that nobody will DO
drowned, while Miss Lewis is far away from
her own rocky shore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

The proceedings of the American Assoca-
ton for the Advancement of Science, at Salem,
continue to be interesting. Last Tuesday II
paper was read concerning a race of men liv-
ing on the Kurile Islands, near Kamtschatka.
They are called Amos. or Hairy Men, and are
supposed to have been hourishing in Asia in
the time of Nebuchadnezzar. Perhaps these
are the very people referred to in that cele-
brated text, Cursed be Canaan" and II so, 1t
becomes religious duty to have them trans
ported to South Carolina, and set to work in
the cotton-fields at once. On the same day
Prof. Morse read paper on "The Kiockken-
"moeadcn Deposits of New England" What
these are we leave the reader TO Gnd out,
advising him, however. to fret perfect himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-27

London has National Croquet Club, which
held its first grand tournament on the 10th
instant, and splendid affair it seems to have
been, though the wind blew hard enough TO
drive the balls out OF their course, and rain fell
at occasional intervals. All nice people must
be delighted mt the recognition of this noble
game ms a national scientific pastime, and look
for ward with confidence not altogether free from
impatence TO the day when the particulars of
an International Croquct Match shall be tele-
graphed ut frightful length, and still more
frightful expense, across the Atlantic Ocean.
Our English cousins, however, have q great
deal to learn in croquet. 1t will hardly be be-
lieved, but the tournament ut Iighgate was
an affair entirely of men. We should as soon
think Of male dancing party, or a masculine
sewing circle. Croquet, without coquettes, shaver
lawns ungraced by lovely woman, painted
balls upon which no foot save n mans great
beetle.crrsller may rest-why what is this but
a Dissertation of sacred rites, horrid pro-
fanaton of the poetry of fashion, We should
know better in America. 1t is something,
however to learn that the victor in the unin-
sprcd tourney was "a young clergyman