The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-21
TEMPERANCE AND HOLINESS.
rHE COLD WATER ARMY DEPARTED-THE GER
MANS OPEN CAMP ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONVENTION NEXT WEEK.

CONVENTION MKT WEEK.
SEA CLIFF, July 20, 1878.
Adjourned ana gone The temperance folk
shook the dust OF this place or their feet yester
day morning ana lett for parts unknown. Next
year they Will probably return. They held con-
terence on board the boat yesterday morning,
and the matter was referred to a committee OF
seven. consisting OF eficers of the several or
CARNATIONS represented. Mrs. Wittenmeyer, OF
the Women's National Temperance Association
being Cnairwoman. The Sea Clin Association VIII
very cheer uy grant the use OF their GROUNDS ana
buildings again but will the delegates 20 through
tae same forms at the same place another year II
their purpose is to arouse tue country they had
be ter change their places OF meeting from year
to year.
But was the Convention q success The tenn
perance people think 1T was; others think other.
wise. 1t tailed In Its numbers. With twenty state
convention one or two national or international
organizations and an Indefinite numoer OF local
associations, divisions, lodges and branches, 1t
old seem little strange to some or us who are
not IN the OF this order that there were SO
few temperance representatives present at this
gathering. At no time probably during Its seS-
3 ons were there more than 300 persons who mad
come here solely to attend the Convention
through. And the managing committee did wisely
10 close up the affair on Sunday night, and not
keep It going until Tomorrow noon, was in
tended and as had been announced weeks ago.
They would not have been able to command
corporars guard here to-day had they neld on.
The Convention was weak In It's speakers also.
Take away hall a dozen-indeed, II We leave out
Mrs. Wlttenmeyer, OF Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Willard, OF CLicago-the rest were third or fourth
rate advocates. Frank Murphy Is good only in the
recital OF his own experience as drunkard, and
this he does with thrilling effect.
re he talking
very freely to-day, as they did yesterday Also OF
the HERALDs editorial on the Convention And
sney agree pretty generally that such persons as
those temperance advocates are apt, consciously
or otherwise, to indulge IN
KxrRAvAaAAT EXPRESSIONS AND ROMANTIC ILLUS
TRATIoNS
But a great deal must be credited to the man
ner OF the speaker in reciting those narratives or
giving those experiences and Illustrations The
effect upon an audience OF hearers is, OF course,
much greater and very different from that which
II produces on an equal number Of readers. But
while those people have failed relatively II not
absolutely, in their numbers and In the brilliancy
and effectiveness OF ,heir advocates, the deep and
fervent piety OF most OF them, and the unttrlng
zeal ana energy OF all, were and are worthy OF APP
plause.
OF opinion among the leaders. There wee poll
tcIans mere who believe that The only way to put
down tntemperance IS 70 eject temperance candi-
dates TO the Legislature and w all pubilc ofhces.
And they will gladly take the contract TO lurnlsn
the material. One OF tnts class u reverend poll
tician. seeing that the programme framed from
day to Gay was nkelJ to leave him out In the cold
asked the privilege one DAY OF saying lew worus.
IL was grained and tue poor fellow old nothing
hut whine and pout Tor i've or ten minutes De.
certaiA like the fabed town councillors OF old, tnag
there was "notnlng like Understanding Ike
what he had to oner 60 save this land from becom-
Ing pal adise or a pandemonium OF drunkards.
Then there was a party here VINO we're
%s that wSas the aev Ssd
joined together should not be put asunoer.
they offered and SO Oft as tney dd this they trod
heavily on some other TEMPERANCE mans TOBACCO
box or cigar pouch One man was SO deeply CON
perakce at the same time That ne TOOK two ten
cent cigars out OF his pocket and broke them in
the presence OF the audience. Inc effect was very
touching. tie b came nero and conqueror forth
with. and took equal rank In the eyes of his COM
races with King Davld's Ihlrty heroes oil OLD.
The numper of pledges offered Tor acceptance
and the modes OF acceptance were almost d.
verse as the opinions OF the several par5es present.,
though not quite so numerous And some Of them
we're. under the circumstances very aosurd. And
RET they were taken in just as an alligator would
swallow load-bvnes and all absurnitles aud in-
constituencies alike. All standing. kneenng, raIs-
taken And the same Thing will be repeated at
Ocean Grove and Orchard Beach and elsewhere
during the next month.
THE GERMAN CAMP MEETING.
The Germ Ms viii open their Camp meeting here
Tomorrow, and already are they marshalling their
the demand ior tents last as they are needed.
the boarding cottages have been engaged week
auead, anu everything nov betokens successful
camp gathering Tor our Ieuonc brethren. Their
meeting VIII iast one week, anu the next dav
alter they close National Union Convention Tor
holiness Will commence It's sessions. SO
that we shall not be without entertainments
IN IN tn TINS place. scarcely day passes mat
strangers DO not visit TINS pIneht, and, after
se ovee su saep on na m s
Sound WITHIN easy distance oil New YORK. If all
mat Is promised snail ever be performed 1t Will
certainly Ia Ie years surpass every otGer sum-
mer resort within radius oil thirty miles OF the
city In any direction. boulevard IS to un along
tue beach mere from Glen Cove 10 Rosiyn, aud
the nrst feeble beginnings OF what Is to be are
mannesting themselves. railroad station Is
beng erected ON the G Ecu Cove o amen OF the Long
Island Railroad, opposite Sea Cln, ana trans stop
sacn way for passengers, anu every Gay In tue
FIRST CLASS HIGH SCHOOL
is about to De starteu nere probably next spring.
River Institute at Claverack, is here prospecting
br rather lnuorslng the plans OF mis- brother, VINO
las oeen mere Tor lew weeks prospecting and
aevisIng Tor the possible anu now PROBABLE future.
rhe AFTER holds the position Temporarily l pre-.
sumel OF supe lntenoent OF the grounds.
one member OF the sea Cin Association offers
10 douate thirty lots, ABOUT one acre and
nall ground in tue most eligible spot
And to this generous oner he will add Anew thou
lard dollars Ia Cash e. nelp on the enterpris :.
Duliding material, and others viii open their
purses aud give money OF their stores and give
oee1ea material to furnish and equip this institu-
uon II tue Messrs Flack, whose name Is a
synonym OF success, Will undertake the enter
PRISE. And Tor The encouragement OF pc, of
Moderate means the association is now Offering
very desirable lots at prices vaIying from 500 to
$500 eacn, IN grades OF $50, according location,
ana on sucn easy terms-$25 uown each lot
and the balance III mouthiy quarterl, pay
ments with lnterrst-tGat few need be without "a
country home or the pace to Dulld DR..
Mllldr, oil Harlem, a venerable father in tue
Cnnrcn, VINO has several tine sites, though not
ANXIOUS TO sell at ali, ana taking means To an.
nounce the iact mas a. reed TO sell TO any poor
man any oil MS lots for what he PAID l0r them, In
terest and taxes includeo. The association make
their o1er Ior the purpose paying OF the
balance OF tnelr mortgage deDt, so that they may
as soon as possible, as their design Is tuin the
co1cern, just as 1t IS, over to the lot owners to
manage II. Understand, also, Jnat me secretary
Is preparing report 10 cover the FIVE years. ex.
Isience OF the association, which report is to be
presented early In the Iall.