Litchfield enquirer., 1872-10-10

Say word which eOuld possibly wound their sensibiEties Whatever may be their theological opinions, they are held sacred from attack and sarcasm by the disinterest- edness and beauty of their lives. They have no ssby ends to serve, but ars really in famed by 6 genuine Christian enthusi- asm. They will read Dr. Primes book with delight, and find it an immense sed- ifcation." Four thousand prayer meet ings have been held fifteen years, and a hundred thousand persons have asked that prayers be offered up for them. What more can be desired On the ground of piety, nothing.
 Still we have the fortune or misfortune to know something of practical life. Many of Dr. Primes saints we should be inclin- ed to rank among the worst of sinners. The great body of the people who attend the Fulton prayer-meetings are doubtless sincere moral and spiritual influence radiates from them but the fatal a6mis- sion that money can be made or saved by prayer, vitiates the whole combination of the six Evangelical sects and churches. There IS, to us, something frightful and irreligous in the statement that the mer chant prayed, and was thus saved from a bankruptcy which he doubtless deserved.
 
 selves of this convenient resource fknav- cry and medioerity. Some years ago, we had the honor to be the Superintendent of Merchants Exchange. A trifing sum was demanded as the price of admittance. We noticed, day after day, that slouch- ing looking parsonage, engaged Ill a small way, III the jobbing and importation of foreign fruits, consulted our books. We ko6 k< ho% 1o T and that he ought to pay the ordinary fee reading room. ''Sir," he pathetically re- piled, eff Jesus Christ kept this Ex- change, he would not treat me thus-he would not demand ten dollars 8 year for looking over your price currents and rec ords of importations p We of course succumbed to this appeal; but in reading Dr. Primes book we have been impressed with the fact that the meanest and small est soul we ever encountered might still have made an edifying appearance in the Fulton prayer meeting.-BOstOn Globe.
 MARRIAGES AMONG FRENCH PRIESTS = A Paris correspondent writes as follows :
 Father Hyacinthe's example will be followed, it would appear, by large num- Der of French priests, who, the Patrie states, are going to renounce publicly their vows celibacy. The publicity of the remuneration IS the chief novelty con- nected with marriage of priests in France. The Paris Journal is a supporter of the throne and altar, and held ill favor at the Archiepiscopal palace behind Notre Dame. It tells us that in the diocese of Paris alone the average number of priests who marry Is from twenty to thirty in the year. It mentions that when the Abbe Michand announced to the archbishop his intention to take a wife he met with no opposition. All that was said to him was, Marry since you must, but make no noise about it.. 1 should think, however, that the French priests aspiring to matri- mony have great difficulty in persuading women of respectable rank to espouse them There IS both strong prejudice against churchmen who break their VOWS of celibacy and legal hindrance to their getting married. The nullity of priest s marriage was established few years ago in celebrated suit in which Madame Claude Vignon, the accomplished parlia- mentary correspondent of The Independ- ent Beige was plaintiff. This lady, who had just become the wife of NJ. -Rouvier, a Marseilles deputy, had not much trou- ble in putting away her first husband, be- cause he had seen in holy orders before she married him. The children born of the marriage went to the mother, for the father was incompetent to give them so much as the quasi legal status of e,,fans recOnnus. Jules Favre exerted all his el- oquence on behalf of the repudiated hus- band; but the tribunal before which the case was brought ruled that a marriage with the church precludes civil matrimo- n.y. This jurisprudence is disgrace to French society. But it is fact which should not be overlooked by ladies, and es. pecially English. and American ones, who fancy French priests.
 THE JAPANESE GIRLs.-A Washington correspondent of the EveningtP Post writes
 "A painful rumOr comes to us ill regard to one of these children. It would appear that they were, some months ago, dOmi- ciled in house by themselves, with a good and faithful housekeeper- miss Hane-and furnished with competent pri- vate teachers. That disposition of them was made by way of preparing them to be sent to different schools in November; and they have been so persistent in their stud ies that one of them has been compelled to give mp her lessons on account of an affec- tion of the eyes with which she has been af- fiicted, Not less than three oculists have been consulted, and they all declare that she must not use her eyes, and is in great danger of becoming totally blind. In- deed the difficulty Is so serious that the Ja- panese Minister has informed the child that she will have to return to Japan, and another student be sent in.her place. The name of the sufferer Is Rio Yoshenias, and she is not only the eldest of the party, but particularly bright in intellect, and noted for her many amiable qualities. When the final decision was made known to her that she must return to Japan, she acquiesced without a word ofcomplaint; but her com panions were greatly distressed, and mani fested their sorrow in the most touching manner, when little Ume Tsuda, the youngest of tic girl students, was inform ed that they were to be separated, she expressed desire to go and live with the lady who took charge of her on her first ayrrival in Washington, and as the Japan. csc Minister gave his consent and the lady in question was very much more than will. ing, it is understood that the oriental wal will spend the coming year in Georgetown which she has learned to look upon as her American home.
 A Dresden correspondent. of the New York Evening Post sets forth as follows, some of the evil effects of the American deluge that is pouring over Europe;
 The migration hitherward from the other side of the world is prodigious. The "Ams, ''as they have been euphoniousk called, have thrown into the shade the old hordes of bulls, who once devastated tho wide plains of Europe The low growl o1 old Fudge is now superseded by the shril transatlantic intonation, and the sharE tinkle of girl voices, products of the soil ol the New World, talking art, and pro. nouncing doom on pictures in the gal lery which are hallowed by immorta- memories. Ye beautiful Ans, remember Seneca, who said, Sin life he had learned