The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-29

0441C4s
| nople asking assistance. The government at
The Hague has sent out reinforcements The
Ottoman Porte according to our latest news,
has sent out twelve war vessels to assist the
Acheenese against the Dutch. 1t would be q
strange thing in these times if Holland and
Turkey went to war. It is undeniable, how
ever, that the Crescent and the Cross are now
contending for supremacy in Sumatra. The
Mussulman perhaps takes more interest in
this out-of-the-way fight than the Christian.
| But the Christian must not be indifferent for
the triumph of the Mussulman in Acheen
might kindle the war torch in Hindostan and
wrap Asia in flames. We can hardly believe
that even in Sumatra the Gross will yield to
the Crescent.
According to despatch from Penang which
we print this morning proposals have been
made by the Dutch government to the Sultan
of Acheen, which may possibly make an end
of the war; The proposals are reasonably
fair, and the Sultan might do worse than &C
| cept them The Dutch offer to pay the ex-
penses of the war SO far, to rebuild the mosque
destroyed by their troops and to recognize
the independence of the Sultan. In return
Holland asks that certain privileges be &C
corded to Dutch traders in Acheenese ports
Review or the Religious Press.
There is nothing of startling interest in
the columns Of our religious contemporaries
this week- They seem to be whiting under
the Sumlaer solstice, and many Of our cleri-
cal brethren Of the quill have betaken them
selves 10 the watering places or to the coun-
try to refresh themselves for the coming Fall
campaign against .wickedness.
The Independent discusses the case Of Miss
Anthony, and hopes she will bring it before
the Supreme Court of the United States in
order that the elementary question involved
in the suit may be settled by the highest ju-
dicial authority in the land. The 'tEthics of
Church Building" is also subject of consid-
GRAFTON with our Independent brother, who, it
seems, does not object to beauty or elegance
or costliness in church architecture, but in
sists that snobbishness is not one Of the Chris
tan graces.
The Evangelist publishes letter from a
Southern divine, who contends that he was
not guilty Of any sin in sustaining the late
rebellion; but on the contrary, s'believes and
always expects to believe that he was per-
forming duty which he owed to his country,
to truth and to right" The Evangelist OBJ
jects to this view, and says that secession
was an act Of folly and madness which hiss no
name, and that those who plunged whole
people into such misery took upon their souls
the responsibility of a nations tears and
blood. How can we reconcile it with Chris
tian character that men protesting, and even
preaching the Gospel of peace took part in
it?" This does not look much like an imme-
date or very cordial reunion between the
Presbyterian Church North and the Presby-
terrain Church South
The Christian Union discusses the Miss An
thony question, SAYING
It is not In the interest OF good government that
Courts should have power, in the name OF justice
constitution and the conscious purpose and intent
of the people, to make such q revolution as the
women -suf1ragists seek It Will De far better Tor
all concerned, and for the cause ITSELF that L.
should triumph by the force OF public opinion
working its way through careful observance OF
In constitutions and laws. That it will, at no very
distant day, achieve such triumph we entertain
no doubt
The Observer gives a chapter on Christians
and Pagans. in which the following is re-
lated
We once attended Chinese Sabbath school in
leaving the church in which 1t was held they were
assaulted with stones in open day by q band OF
young rufians and one OF them seriously injured.
Qnnh a ND M onnQ nflnV frnrN
papers, are becoming more aud more common and
they are not to be attributed to the rabble alone.
The Observer proceeds
In behalf Of the Christian name we have dis
al GS9 - Sc %
set aside the responsibility OF our nation and
The as aS sSs
ment is at stake. The voice Of the people
Of the whole land should be heard in
barians than OF civilized community. Should it
be needful, the power OF the general government
have as much right to unmoested residence and
trafic In this country as has any American in
China.
The Methodist, like the Independent and
Christian Union, has some words on the SUBJ
ject of Miss Anthony's trial -
We do not wish, says the editor, to see Miss
Anthony made martyr. She is woman OF too
worst offence is an excess Of zeal but her earnest
ness and her integrity entitle her to be treated
with the kindest consideration. Technically, as
the Court held, her intent is presumed to be crim
nal and she Is, therefore, subject to legal penalty
Probably the case will be appealed; but in any
event, the government will know how to deal
with 1t.
The Feemdn's Journal dissects DR.. Ham,
monds pamphlet on the question Of insanity
in its relations to medical jurisprudence, and
comes to the conclusion that
The disease OF society, bursting out in people
killing others and killing themselves. is not as
represented by Dr. Hammond, to be cured by punt
tive laws. In a condition OF society like ours the
more the hangings the more the murders. The
disease must be cured at its source 1t can never
be dried mn In the fulneSS of its food.