The New York herald., 1875-08-22
THE BISHOP OF BAsLE.


HERALD coRREsPo PoEDENT-Hls STATEMENT Oh
TILE PROSECUTIONS or THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
DUBLIN, August 3, 1876.
Among the visitors al the 0Connell centenary cello
braton rs Mgr. LAchn the rghtful Bishop or
Basle IN Switzerland He is as you arc aware, ono OF
the ardent defenders OF the rights of the Church
OF Rome and OF the dogma of infaibility. Because
he would acknowledge the rights of the State Of
Basic eeclesiastica expelled In 1874
and lives now in Luzerne
WHAT THE WAR ron THE CHURCH.
In an interview with him to-day asked him for his
opinion about the present of the conflict PruS
sia between Bismarck and the Roman Catholic bishops
and whether the rumor OF Cancellation, especially
after the first step of the Prince Bishop Of Breslau
given notice OF the appointment of clergy
to vicarage in his dioccse.) Mgr Lachat
replied, saying he could positively assure me that
there would be conciatiOn and that there could be
none long Prussia tries 10 interfere with the
rights of the Church and long the May laws in
force The Bishop said, in French LES eveques
aenands cederont pas IL my pas de concila-
tion ct les droits de feglise seront reserves Ths
German Bishops will not give in n reconciliation is inn
possible as long Bismarck maintains the May Laws
and the rights OF the Church will be upheld y
Nothng, /" he continued, ''can or will induce tht
German bishops to acknowledge the alleged right OF the
State to egisate in ecclesiastical matters and the
ment bishop would do SO he would be excommunL
Gated by the Pope"
THE CASE OF THE BISHOP RRRsLAu.
In answer to my question about
Mgr. Lachat said that this was merely matter about
the temporal goods OF a certain vicaragc and he Mgr
Lachat considered 1t possible that Cancellation, far
these were concerned was possible. (Iiy pet
ere an rdPProceett pour les aDdires fnerteures des
6iens eccesidstiques ~
He could positively that German
bishop would go further and that long tho State
preends dictate TO the conscience Of Catholics and to
favor schisms (Oid Caholics no concation with the
Holy Sec is possible"
HIS INDIVIDUAL POSITION.
As far Us he himself concerned the majority oi
htc acsnO nOkylpd m thnir Init
Protestant General Assembly Of Switzerland overrued
the Catholic cantons
PIOUS PASTIMES AT SEA CLIFF.
NEGRO AnNsTRELsY AND BOAT RAcNG-TRIBU-
LATIoNs OF sANCTIFIED soUL-AssoCIATIoN
MATTERS.
SRA CLIFF August 21, 1875
There Is a wonderful amount OF attraction for
Christian camp followers in the clog dance and tho
negro minstrelsy. Pous souls like amusement about
well as the ungodly and good plantation melody
will take about well with class as the other But
when such melodies rendered by erstwhle slaves
who have learned the crude rhymes which they sing on
the plantations where they born and served and
when they rendered by trained singers grown up in
the reedmen schools in the South there is of course
double attraction in the entertainment We had such
q concert in the Tabernacle at Sea Cliff Thursday
evening The famous Tennesseean troupe Of
singers, from the Methodist College, at Nashville,
having spent couple of weeks at Chautauqua
Lake Sunday school assembly singing and
entertaining the congregations gathered there,
paid flying visit to Sea Cliff Thursday evening and
gave chance to test their powers of song
They had travelled day and night and were not In
as favorable condition they might have been. And
yet, what all the camp meetings, holiness conventions
and temperance gatherings could do these dusky
Ala aaoii,r I'D nntto tanta
boarding houses hotels of their occupants and for half
an hour steady stream of humanity flowed into the
great Tabernacle The neighboring farms also gave
their quota swell the aggregate which numbered be-
tween 900 and 900 people Instead of an admission
fee a collection taken up for the singers toward
the close, and the result satisfactory than an
admission fee with small audience would be. This
affair probably the nearest approach to musical
jubilee, originally intended by the Sea Cliff people,
that shall have here this year. And in every sense
tins entertainment was success and the only success
full affair that has or here during the The
Tennesseeans left this place yesterday morning fulfil
brief engagement at camp meetings North and East,
and next week they are expected here again The
audience here on Thursday evening unanimously invited
them TO dhne again
THE OLD FOLKS AT HOME
With two three exceptions the songs the troups
sang the original plantation melodies sung by ha
Old Folks at Home. The music and the words might
have composed by old Jubal and his brother for
any literary artistic merit that either possessed
There crude religious spirit running through them
however. which
only those to the manner born can do It. As specimen
there one which told US
'5 oh %Ssa ssnyfn .Ga I1S sst qR .R;rs sSHd'5 .ps
The Roman soldiers Cruel band,
They erucihed the Son Of Man.
oh, when shall get theref &e
The very night he was betrayed,
:, Oh, when & shall get there &c
oh. when shall get there &c.
There's "A heavenly land up yonder, 10
And this kind OF rhyme could be spread out indeh.
nely by telling how Plate washed his hands and said
he found fault in that just man, &c Another Of
these quaint productions told OF the souls longing to
be rocked In Abraham's bosom; another anticipated
mighty shout the day OF Judgment and another told
of Jacob wrestling with the angel until the break OF day
others of the hard trials and trbulatons Of the old
slaves and of their hopes and longngs of better tne
while others told the world that they Methodists
Baptsts Prcsbyterians the case might be. These
old slvo songs the very best refuaton OF the al
legged satisfaction which state Of slavery gave to the
blacks. Nowhere do they give any such intimaton,
but everywhere they are hopeful OF escaping the yoke
of bondage
But all the singing was not of this character. few
songs, with which we are more or less familiar, from
other artists rendered by the Tennesseesnssuch
Tor instance Moonlight on the Lake, "Rocked in
the Cradle Of the Deep and others.
On Wednesday night the steamer Thomas r. way
took party Of nearly one hundred Clhtes on moon
light excursion up the Sound about twenty-five miief
and return. 1t was very pleasant SAIL and the com
pany enjoyed themselves passably we'll
BOAT CLUB.
Another aquatic association has been added to the
many which make the Sound waters their headquarters
1t this time in the character OF an amateur boat
Glen Cove, with Mr. l.. q. Coe, ''old salt as pres
ident and Mr. W. r. Du Puy, pous young landsman,
secretary. While write they are holding their lrst
annual regatta in the harbOr and six races to be
contested including tub race the most amusing OF ALL
Judging from past efforts in this primitive kind of craft
The following is the programme in brief-
FIRST RAcE.-Open 10 all comers for whaleboats en-
trance free; course two miles lone mile and return;
prize $40 70 the winning boat
SECOND RAcE-Open ~ all comers; entrance fee for
each boat So; for two-par cared Whitehall boats, no
outrggers not more than Is feet long nor less thar
ieet inches beam inside measure; course, three
miles zone and half miles and return) first prize 500
second, $50; third $40.
THIRD RAcE-Opcn to members of the club only foi
the class and size OF boats the second course
two miles; prize silver challenge cup.
FoURTH RAcE.-Open 10 all comers no entrance fec;
single scull fiat botomed boats outriggers course,
two miles; prizo for winning boat $40.
FFrH RAcR-Opcn to members OF the club only ths
class and size Of boats as in second ana tnro
races course miles, prize, ladies' challenge nsg
the winners Of the cup debarred from contestnt
for this prize.
sixth RACN--Ths Is tub race open to oil comorR
no of "A previous tuD race Is per