Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-09
PRESBYTERIANISM.
Proceedings of the General Assembly
az Cievctnnd, Ohie

CLEVELAND OHIO, May 20, 1879.
To the Editors Of the Chronicle:
a collision with Romami-m is evil
IDENTIFY before the Protestant Church,
of America, aud when it Comes the
Catholics will doubtless meet Il united
determination for which they are not
at all prepared. Yesterday in answer
to an overture from Elder j. :. Noble,
OF the Preshytery Of New Brunswick,
the General Assembly replied: "That
all attempts 20 divert any portion of
the various school funds in any of the
States Of our Union, TO or for the use
OF any Church or sect, should be re-
stricted and prevented by all legal aud
honorable means" This is an express
sion of the General Assembly, as a
body, aud as there is considerable in
terest taken on the subject, it being a
question Of public welfare, we have
c0nveTsed personally with members
from different States, In order to learn
the feeling throughput the country,
and meet with one reply from all, and
that is that The Catholic Church must
not interfere with our public schools.
While The answer OF the Assembly is
uu oppression In uumistalsable lam
guaEe or that large body Of Christians,
there Is an undeTcurreut stronger and
more powerful passing along silently
and unubserved, which. if iuterruuied
will make Rome tremble as shethinks
not Of nov.
Last night the rain poured down in
torrents and it was sin raining this
morning, while along the shore Of the
lake there was a wind thai made
travelling on foot an easy and rapid
way of moving provided the road law
in the same direction with the currents
OF wind, aud the waters of the lake
boiled and lashed against the shore. so
the prospects were anything but fiat
terlng for the propose ed excursion this
evening" but about IL o'clock the sky
cleared away and everything Gained
down as If making ready to add all that
could possibly be done to make the
evening of rest and refreshment enjoy
able. AT 2 O'Clock the Assembly
started from the church in body and
we venture the assertion that il was
the longest procession of church repre-
sentatives that ever took their line of
march through the streets of Cleve-
land. At the dock we found the
steamer r. y. Rice waiting for us,
while Il brass band on ton was
dlscOursing sweet music. All
were at last on board when ropes
were hauled in and we moved ma
jestlcally out on the waters, which
seemed still to be mad because there
had been Il storm this morning. We
have often wondered what it was that
produced sea-sickness, and how il felt.
Ihat matter is now settled. We didn't
get sick, understand, but then we
could have.done so, if wehad happened
to have been in the hunlor for it; but
Tor some reason, although we didn't
mean anything 10y it, when about to
take seat we became very much in
earnest, and went through the opera
ton with emphasis One moment the
vessel would look upwards, and pretty
soon one would imagine he was almost
IN me heavens when she would bow
IN 'front.', then pretended that she was
half a mind to dive awhile, so that the
motion produced a sensation similar to
that OF swinging in a swing about
forty times larger than any of the
grape vines In East Tennessee. Being
anxious to keep straight and not get
turned around, so that Cleveland
would seem on the wrong side when
the vessel returned, we watched the
sun, so that il was easy to know when
we turned again for the shore: but
some did not take this precaution, and
when we came back almost to the CITY
we heard an old gentleman ask:
" Where did we turn TO come back >"
Our mind has been endeavoring to
prepare an answer to that question,
but have to give ii up. Some that pre-
tended to know, said we had been
from ten TO fifteen miles from the city.
we took their word for it, but confess
individual ignorance on the subject
The Assembly will adjourn Monday
or Tuesday, when we shall start for
Niagara, and from thence 1t is likely
we shall change the beauties of the
sceneries of our Northern borders for
the charms OF Home, sweet home"
in the mountains Of East Tennessee.