The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-01

the Ritualists-Death of tho Head OF
the GreaS Publishing House OF Harp
er 4 Bro,hers-Opening of Arnold q
Constabie's New >tore-The new Meth
ox,s, Book Concern-The Herald's' -
Rrooklyn Branch Office, SO.
Nav York dates, of Sunday last, gives us the
following:
The churches, this morning, we're crowded
with .worshlppers, Easter Sunday, and the
beautiful spring weather havi:g assisted IN
bringing out the reserves OF church-goers. The
iholy ediices, especially the Roman Cathohc
,Churches. had all made grand preparations ior
in some OF them surpassed anything ever
heard before in this city. Among the Eplsco,
.palians there is slow but steady growth toward
:rituallsm, and aside OF st. Adams, toe musl-
zeal services in these churches have been more
generally commented on thar at any previous
time. At st. Alban'I, OF course, and also OF
Christ Church. in Fifth Avenue. the music iully
'eoualled that Of the Roman churches, while Of
the latter, St. Stephens IN Twenty.eighth-
street, carried off the palm as usual. The
mass was by DR.. William Berge, the we'll
know organist OF the church, and ls rather
dramatic but very effective composition. 1he
Kyrie Is novelty. commencing with tympani
chime OF bells and voices and running on into
two distinct melodies, very grateful aud fresh,
one for the bells. the other for the voices. The
effect Of tao large bells striking the key,note
and dominant alternately may be imagine i, but
TO be appreciated should be heard.
pLowERY PrETY.
= Few persons can have any idea of the vast
srade in flowers which is carried on IN this
oity for Easter co sumption; but the 'atistlcs
!!of some Of the city Episcopal parishes is good
index to it.. Trinity and her several cnapels
have invested near $1,000 in lihes and Gro
-cuses alone. Que OF the fashionable churches
I'm tha Fifth avenue, not far from Thirty fifth
street. $500; another in the Ninth avenue, SS0O;
one in Broadway. $3.50; two others IN Madison
avenue. $3.50 each. These floral decorations
are supplied for the most part by the same pro-
: fessiona q irisrs and hortcutur1sts tnat
furnish bouquets for wedding parties and the
-prima donnas at the opera; but not leW OF tne
from private nurseries. Tie rltuallstlc chlpel
of 81. Abans boasts OF having had its altar fur
nished in this way.
BISHOP POTTER AND THE RrrUALIsTs.
i The st. albans % ole, it may be said here,
are congratulating themselves upon having
secured the pres snce Of Bishop Potter, to give
';addHional eciat to the very elaborate, II not
Tnoyeh services which they have arranged FOR
r. Easter. The low-churchmen, and even more
cautious high-churchmen, say II the Bishop
will 90 there. it on yat to be il the evening on
some Ordinary day, and not on high festival,
when his presence will be accepted by the
public as proof that he indorseS the various
poYelt % which the enterprlslng Father NOR
'rell never fails to provide on such occasions.
was to bless and distribute the palms-just as
it is done in, the Catholic Church,
DEATH or E1-NAyoR HARPER.
run thrown
from his carriage iD Fifth avenue on Thursday
eyenine died to-day. As Mayor of the city
during the first Native American furore, as
pioueer IN the total, abstinence movement,
and as an energetic and public spirited cltlz.1,
he was well known ln New York; but as the
head OF the great publishing, house OF Harper
& Brothers his reputation extended to the END
-of the country aud wherever American printed
books were read. He was born IN NewSown,
i. T.. in 1885. He learned the art OF printing
= In New York, beginning at the age OF
sixteen, and on attaining to ms MAJOR
ity, with his brothers, entered upon
The business in which the firm subse quently
made worldwide reputation. The brothers
set their own types aud worked their own
presses, in their earlier days; but in after
ye1rs their increasing business forbade their
E,fivihg attention TO is details. In 1874, MIR.
Harper was made Mayor of this city, and IN
thar posito ''s remarkable 3D. business capsG,sy
In October 1853 the HaIpers buildings, nine
in number, were burned to the ground, and
Mr.. H.rper having been asked the next morn
ing how much the firm intended to ply their
creditors, replied. Zone hundred cents on the
dollar" Tney paid dollar:for dollar, and then
erected the magnificent fire proof buildings
which they now occupy. Nobody dreamed CT
the vastuess OF their resources until, losing
81 O00, 600 in one fire, they asked no aid, and
Immediately erected 8 million dollar printing
and publishing establishment. As may be sup
posed from his fifty years ofsucoessful business
Mr.. Harper accumulated wealth. He has sllVea III
elegant but not snowy Style for some years IN
dramsrcy place. The approach OF old age has
scarcely lessened his business activity. he
! has continued almost to the timo OF his aocl-
dent to e1 ,rclse o sort OF supervisory controi
over the Cnff-5treet establishment. IL ls reiat-
cd by a reverend doctor, who was something
Of a bore. that he visited the Harpcrs once and
asked The hayor 'what he dlc:," he said to
him: Il know that Mr.. John Harper attends
2 TO the business; AIR. Wesley Harper looks after
the literary correspondence MIR. Fletcher
Harper receives authors, and looks after new
books and the magazine-but you. Mr.. Mayor,
I have never been able to discover what you
whisper, "but you must not let it Out; enter
.sfaih the ;botes." Mr. Harper retired from &C
tive business about ten years ago and was
known az cne OF the best OF our solid cluzens.
e. UPTOWN MoYBMENrs.
The opening OF Arnold, Constable Co.'S
retail establishment. at the corner OF Nine
teenth street and Broadway, Stewards WORTHY
rival, is an event Of our metropolis, which was
: appropriately noted yesterday afternoon. The
bull ling reflects not ve.y great credit upon the
architect but constant movln up town OF oul
immense retail warehouses foreshadows what
has all along been expected, that Madison
Square must necessarily become the centre or
New York's bus ness in less than tea years.
The army Of clerks at this establishment last
evening all appeared at the opening in bran
new suits, presented 10 them by the proprie-
tors, who also entertained them at supper. No
journalist has ever been able to vecord such
hberai,y on the part of a. t. Stewart.
ANOTHER GRAND ENTERPRISE.
The Method sts Of this city have just pur-
: chased the magnificent marble building on the
corner OF Elcventh-street and Broadway. and
intend to open it IN the spring for their grand
book como rn and MISSION house. They paid
the propr etors Messrs. Lake & McCreery, tho
magnificent sum OF one million dollars for the
building. On Sunday mex April 4, the cen
tennial celebration takes place in all the Meth
odist churches of tho city.
NEW YORK AND BRooKLYN.
The constant growth Of the city makes it
necessary TO expand on all sides, and 30 as
the suburbs become more and moro part Oh
New York, leading establishments OF COM Sc
need the assistance oi branch offices, to assist
them iu the proper transaction OF business
The New York Herald, If tho metropoh al
newspaper, first leads of in es ablIshlng
branch Office III Bruoalyn, which Is to be Open
ed for business on Thursday next. In less
than year, all Of tine leading dniles Will be
COmDelled 10 do tho anne and not only III