The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-16

Tun EaHS Tp CHURcH~SsNa ftoaa
no Louisville Tomnercial.S Judges nave
,iyen learned decisions on rAany question:,
,ut Il WIS reserved for North CarotssI,
court to decide recently what Is un.nGnn
church mesie. The vecA}st whose IT, $3.50,
ity gave rfse 10 this singular trial 10 vf1".a
Ousnkbaw, who, next to NILSSON, o. ,han
ated greater SENSATION In DIS go NJ
auy either singer In the co I.saS enc.
IirShaw. whose name Oh 80 ana
pes,s Holian :harps, ndute'ssrss aaro
gates. discardiug the frivosots Az s, ,urned
4ouSS and eanal baiiaes, Us 1850, mn.
n's "tt ~ re prosecuted this branch OF har.
s,v size. sa diligently that the=sTand jury OF
~ on,,ntv determined to prosecute MN ZOE
Is disturbing religious congregation oy
,;s performances. The North Carolina singer
IL pioss nan, who sings 'iu church from q
sense Of dirty. and not frors any vain love OF
disn,ay or fondness fer worldly fame. 80
when I,inkhaw's sacred,epera rings out on
peacea,l Sunday morning in the primitlVe
church wherehe worships, the effect, as DOME
ME Sampson would Sag is "prodigious.~ me
senss.ion stirred up at such sermons Dy .uls
Tar.hee, Brignoli Of the pine WOODS, Is ith-
nense. and people flock to hear Nun SHY
who never attended church on ORDINARY oc-
casious, Mr.. LiHbhaw's voice IS OF tue ro-
I.,st tenor style, liz which dignited Roman
nose performs the Office Of an organ'p'pe'
His nose being Of great length, 1t takes con-
siderable time for the blast TO traverse us
cavity. and Door Linkhaw is consequently
ALWAYS about half line in the rear OF tue
oiher singers. In singing the familiar lines
.Hark, from the tombs do!eful sound,
mine ears attend the cry,"
the cbsrcn choir gets as far as attend "
while Linkhaw is still prolonging "doietul
sound with stentorian notes, anu frivolous
maids and giddy youths thereupon tltter
and ciggle audibly. The enragcd pastor on
one occasion hearing LinkhaW roaring OUT,
.Ho.anuas languisb on our tongue"
while everybody else was singing,
uApd our devotion dies"
vowed he wouldn't preach another sermon
unlrss a sticking plaster was clapped upon
Tinkhaw,s mouth and nose during service.
The tardy singer responded that 1t was MS
duty to sing. The members demonstrated
that he was singing out OF time. Llnkna"
rcnlipd that be was not singing ior tlne,
hit for eternity. The refractory member
was brought into court, and the jury fouho
him guilty Of disturbing pubic worship p5
"sipging oet OF time can offence uhheafd
of before ia any court OF Chrlstendom.
The religious and irreligious portions OF
the community will see at a glance how VIDE
a field is opened here for ingenious ana pro-
found legal argument, and how many seIl-
Gus questions at once present them serves 10
the theological attorney. what CONSTITUTES
lawful singing from church standpoint
What amount Of dlsc'rd may cnuion'
singer make and still fulfill all legal require
ments? Has cody man who sings through
his nose no vocal rights in church that an
,ngodly choir.leader is bound to respec''
And so ON, ad -tntn,tun'. ond
II the verdict be permitted 10 slanu, anu
the courts of the country take cogl.Zaneeo'
tho STYLE in which church music Shall De per-
rormeI the laws of harmony VIII soon ne
arr,,ed he Caleb Cushing, Acknowledgement
Williams read from such authorities as the
g Sahbath-scbool Sopgster" and the 'Golden
pohn and Chief-Justice Waite may signal
;.o his advent to the Supreme Bench by the
doJivrrv of an opinion on anthems and doX-
oIories which shall eclipse the fame of the
Dred Scott decision. We feel much con-
rprncd for the safety of the village choristers
who chant with horrid iteration,
"osor man
. for j. man ..f..
o for mansion in the skleS!"
or the fashionable sopranos and tenors who |
trangle old-fashioned airs in the sllvery
naxeS of classic trills. and tor the motley
crowds of garlic-eaters who roar OUT
,ar-splittng discords in Italian opera NJ tne
luxurious price of four dollars night.
Elder s. Gordon writes to the Baroours-
lille Mountain Echess 4" VISA 10 say
hat i have labored rs minister OF the Jos
lel for the last thirteen years; nave traV
lied over several mountain countles, ana
AVE baptized over one thousand persons,
md have assisted in organizing severai
,hlrches. and in all that time haze received
,ut ten dollars, which was gwen me by
Greasy Greek church.
The following Dialogue was overheard
yesterday {" Say, Jim, Pse noticea somenu'
n dis town, is your" 81 dunno Whcdder
is or no, ST, what is it," Its dis. Is
-o,, noticed when a strange darky comes
mere dat mounts to sumtin', de white folks
.av sWho is dat .eolored man?' but de
,nllud people say. 'Who is dat nigga
linn. niger amt got no sense, no how"
's OATS so, 81, sho's you born. - Vtcksburger-
Absent man O business; ooh, Mr. -
'forgcts his rame) will you excuse ME one
minute9 Take Il seat-prsy take Il chair
take a."
Meek client: ''Thank you, have one."
Man O. business: "That's all right-take
another"