The New York herald., 1870-04-26
The shcItering Arms Baznnr.


The Shcltering Arms Baznar.
A very interesting canvass is going on at the
bazaar for watch presented to this charity by
Messrs Tiffany d Co., the friends of different
clerical dignitaries voting for the man Of their
choice and paying given sum-we believe fifty
| cents-a VOTE The race seems to be between
the Pope and two low churchmen, Dr. Wash
burn, of Calvary, and DR.. Potter, Of Grace,
| DR.. Washburn at the last advices being about
length ahead. We are not as outsiders, quite
an fast in regard to the mysteries of high and
low churchism, and there is one thing we
should really like to understand.
The Sisters Of st. Mary who. as is well
known, made the Sheltering Arms what it is,
devOting themselves to this admirable charity
without compensation, were driven out, or
compelled to resign, according to the Protestant
cooperation in support of the bazaar of the
rectors Of st. Bartholomew, Grace Church, the
Ascension, Calvary, the Atonement, St.
Georges, the Incarnation, the Anthon Memo
rial ST. Thomas, the Reformation and the
Holy Trinity" We understand that the only
objections to the Sisters were that they
prayed seven times q day, and that they
had Popish tendencies. We do not pro-
fess to know how many times day the
rectors of those churches think 1t safe to
pray without injury to ones moral constitu-
tion. We do what praying we consider need
c.l - ALck
neighbors should enjoy the same privilege.
| But what puzzles us is this--that as soon as
| the sisterhood is driven out on account of
their Popish and praying tendencies the Pope
himself should step in with fair chance of
carrying the day against the reverend gentle
men in Difference to whose prejudices the ex-
pulsion of these charitable ladies was brought
about. We cannot say we care much who
succeeds in obtaining the watch. The Pope
| and the low churchmen are tugging at diffe-
| rent ends of the same rope, and if they would
pull in the same direction there would be
some chance Of putting an end to the clerical
! warfare by which the Christian world is scan
| dalized But we really do not see yet in what
way the prosecutors OF the sisterhood have
| been gamers by their movement. As the law
yers say, we do not perceive that they are
likely to take "anything by their notion
CRIME AND THE New POLICE REGIME.
AS if to signalize the advent of the new police
r6gsme under Superintendent Jourdan in some
emphatic manner, the renghs and rowdies of
the city on Saturday night and Sunday morn
| ing last enjoyed high and bloody carnival
| No less than four murders, or attempts at
murder, were reported in Monday morn
ing's paper, including the slaughter of one of
the most desperate leaders of one Of the most
ferocious gangs in the city in horrible fight
| with some of his own companions. Notwith-
standing this sanguinary Inauguration of his
administration, it is gratifying for law-abiding
citizens to know that by the prompt arrest Of
several OF the parties by Superintendent Jour
dams force rowdyism is likely to be made
odious and dangerous, and that rowdies will
be surely and severely punished by the imposi-
| ton of well-merited sentences of long terms of
| Imprisonment by our young and nfexible
City Judge.
TIE NEWS FROM Mexico published on
another page of the HERALD shows little signs
of improvement in the condition Of affairs in
| that republic. 1t is true that the disturbances
in the neighborhood Of the capital have for the
present been suppressed, but this may be only
temporary lull and 1t would not surprise us
to hear before long of fresh disturbances in the
localities now restored to peace. In the State
of Sinaloa affairs are growing from bad to
worse. The notorious Garcia de Cadena, OF
Zacatecas, has been getting into trouble among
| his own followers. He has now lost the thirty
five thousand dollars which he stole but short
time since when his troops sacked the city Of
Zacatecas. The State govern ments in some
parts Of the republic have resorted to prac-
tice lately that may result in trouble. A
system of voluntary contributions as they
ara called, on foreign merchants has been i'm
posed in many instances and considerable
feeling is manifested in the matter. Mexicans
have enough domestic troubles without seek
ing for foreign ones.
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THE P1EGAN INDIANS, having been severely
thrashed, now express themselves anxious TO
q permanent peace. They have been con
/ vinced by the only argument that would eve
have convinced them.