The New York herald., 1871-09-03
Review OF tn. Rel,s.e.. Pros.

Our religious press table does not groaa
very heavily this week. There is nothing either
very sparkling or very sombre-nothing very
good or very bad-to be found in its col.
umns.
The Ec0ngeliSt is slightly illuminative, be.
ing touched up by spark from the tinder box
Of the O6seroer, which accuses it Of being the
''apologist of fraud" This is the objection
able sentence:
baby done more evil than all the moral teachings
OF that paper have zone good ior many years past
or Will do for wears to come.
To this the Eoangesist exclaims "Oh! oh {!
OH" while the Devil chuckles "Ha! IA! hat"
at witnessing this pretty little quarrel between
two of the stanchest Presbyterian organs in
the land. While the Observer accuses the
Eoangelist of apologizing for wickedness, the
latter says of the former -
Thatis Just like hundreds OF letters that we used
to get about the Observer, which said that by its
apologies for slavery 1t had done more evil than it
could undo II 1t lived thousand years. Indeed,
many believe-and still believe-that oy Its false
representations Of Northern sentiment It did much
to mlslead the South and to bring on that terrible
war which covered the land with mourning.
Is not this rather queer confession.
coming from such sanctiaed source? But
this is not ALL The Ecangeyist following the
example of she Gendsh pet,oleuses of Paris,
applies frebrand to the fleshly tabernacle Of
the Observer. in the annexed scorching
style: -
As the Observer is so jealous just now la exposing
frauds and cOrrupton Will 1t be so KIND as to tell
the public about the California Petroleum Company,
or winch II knows q good deal Some six years
ago Vast scheme-a second South Sea Bubble
While with golden glow on the western horizon.
A company was organized In this CITY, with q
wealth into the hands OF all Its stockholders. The
Neic York Observer was one OF the means used to
snch 'e iomrna nnpdreds or m moor ao WIDOWS and
orphans hastencd to put their little means into 1t.
In few months the bubble burst and they lost all.
Verify, verify, brethren of the cloth, We
say unto thee proclaim not unto thy kim
dred-'I am holier than thou" Notwith-
standing this astounding erposf it would not
be surprising to learn that the Observer had
no sinful or worldly object in view in its
petroleum speculation-it merely wanted to
see if it could not strike bargain with
Beelzebub to supply his dominions with crude
petroleum instead of the more expensive
article of crude birthstone for official uses.
The Observer has few sensible remarks
on ''Clerical Absenteeism," and offers pri-
vate letter from village in the interior, in
which the following statement is made:-
We suffer here from dcarth OF religious priv
leges The ministers have fallen into the city habit
and must have their vacation In hot weather.
Several sundays nearly all the churches were closed.
ana we had TO stop at home some OF the tlme
When one was open, there eight Clergymen
present. Some OF them had come here for pure
ar ana recreation while the clergy OF the place,
Episcopal, Presbyterian. Methodist, &C., had gone
elsewhere to ind the same.
The proprietj and duty Of clerical vaca-
tions, especially in large cities, adds the
Observer, are obvious, and the fault does not
lie with the absent ministers who have taken
recess according to the agreement with their
people. It lies with the people themselves,
who do not make suitable provision for the
supply of their own wants. But the want is
q serious one, and we hope that when another
summer comes the thing may be better
arranged.
rnv ..ov-D .-.-.-.a, uur OF the American
delegation to Russia to present the memorial
of the American branch of the Evangelical
Alliance to the Emperor, writes to the OJser-
| ger a detail of the facts of the interview with
Prince Gortchakof, from which it appears
that at the preliminary conference, held in
London, 1--WE found that an address had
been prepared at the British Office of the Alli-
| ance, and the signatures of all the Continental
! Deputies had been obtained. We were
warmly urged to sign it as well, but to this we
unanimously demurred, and for two cogent
reasons:-First, we could not transfer the names
| of Chief Justice Chase and Professor Morse
| to another document, and we much preferred
to present our memorial with the prestige Of
such distinguished signatures. Again, we
objected to the European memorial because il
contained matter which we deemed objection
able, and we thought its spirit calculated to
defeat the object we sought to attain"
The memorial being withdrawn, as before
stated, DR.. Schenck proceeds
The American depuation had every reason TO bs
satisfied with their reception and the result OF their
oos HVs 'e sy in nrvee ne the
| same evening with two members OF the deDutatiOn
that he was exceedingly well pleased with the inter-
Christian spirit and that he was happy to give tho
assuran ;e that everything would be done TO carry
| the circumstances In which the government was
| placed, and that we might congratulate ourselves
! upon the result OF our Embassy.
III dciegatlOn from tne Greek OrtnOuOx
Church of Russia should visit this country
and present to General Grant a memorial OF
similar character to that of the American
branch of the Evangelical Alliance, there is
but little doubt our Executive would give
them leave to withdraw in language not
couched in so amiable terms as those en-
ployed by Prince Gortchakof.
The Independent let's Satan slide and
slashes away again at the Tammany ring. II
attempts to make out that the doors of Tam
many Hall are blacker than the hinges Of the
other place, and says to the gentlemen Of the
ring:-
II We are going to turn you and all your creatures