The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-06
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METROPOLITAN NEWS,
From our Special Correspondent.
NEW YORK, June, 2Gth. 1877

| From our Special Cores .ondenf.
NEW YORK, June, 2Glh, 1877
The principal topic of conversation
the past week, has been the trouble be-
tween Judge Hilton and Mr. Seligman,
and it grew to look very much like Il
quarrel Of races, in which Jew and Gen
tile were arrayed against each otherand
in most cases it was question of Jew
and Gentle. 1t has ceased to be the
absorbing theme, however, and New
Workers are anxiously inquiring; What
next?"
This week the corner stone of the
Stewart Cathedral will be laid, with rs
imposing ceremonies as can be bought
for the occasion. 1t was first intended
merely as memorial church, but the
idea was enlarged and now Long Island
is to have a cathedral and Il bishop. As
to the building itself, it will hardly re-
semble one of those magnificent monu-
ments of religious faith and fervor that
are spread over Europe. Iron and
plaster will do the work of stone, mosaic
and fresco. The martyrs in the crypt
will be Mr. and Mrs A T Stewart, and
the Saints in the inches will be the same
individuals. Some one suggests that
good way to heal the hurt that honor
feels, would be to make two more inches
in the chancel and place therein Messrs
Hilton and Seligman, in marble and thus
prove the triumph of Christianity over
prejudice.
What curious study it would for
the future antiquarian to determine who
these statues might represent. He would
probably take it, if read up in the sec
tarianism and its divisions of the day,
to be sort of Long Island st Albans,
with female figure for the Virgin, and
the other three for which of the Saints?
However, the history of the building
Will probably survive as long rs the build
ing itself with its bronzed iron and plas-
ter, in place of solid masonry, for in
America we do not build even our tenn
pies for any long duration. The city,
when it gets TO be one, will probably be
as near an approach to an English Cath
erdral citysuch as Salisbury or Norwich,
as the church will be ike the fine stone
monuments to be found there.
The Astor reredos in Trinity Church,
is to be consecrated by three days
Feast of the Church" On Friday the
services will commence and communion
will be celebrated for the first time on
the new alter. The. stained glass of the
windows is said to destroy, in Il great
degree, the delicate traces of the mar
bic:
| was specially noticing our church
architecture last night, more particular
ly that on Fifth Avenue, where many of
the finest churches are, and L wondered
where the architects got their plans
from. Certain features have been bor-
rowed from foreign churches suitable
for those grand old edifces, and applied
to these without proper alteration, so
that the effect is sometimes grotesque,
at others, absurd. Frome the various
patterns of the tiles that form a portion
of the ornamentation of the edifce
where Stephen Tying, Jr breaches, it has
obtained the name ofthe Church ofthe
Holy Oil Cloth" There is scarcely a
spire in the city that has not some de-
feet. Trinity Church bears off the palm,
so far as Protestant Churches go; and
the only really fine pieces of church
architecture we have are the Catholic
Cathedral, as yet unfinished but de-
light to the eye, and the Jewish Temple,
with its light pavilions that have been
abortively copied in many buildings
near. Nearly all the other church edi-
ces that have gotten away from the old
square style with regulation steeple,
look as if born of nightmare.
To get back to more mundane things,
however, let me speak of another indi-
vidual as celebrated in his way as either
Astor or Stewart. He, however, has
not as yet gone into the mortuary busi-
ness.
The original Helmbold, DR. Henry T
Helmbold, is to the front again. Uncle
Daniel Drew's old mansion on the cor
ner of Seventeenth Street and Broad
way, has been refitted and made into a
magnificent store. Immense bay win
dOws ON the front form the finest show
places in the world. DR. Helmbold, at
the head of the Helmbold Manufacturing
Company, will open here about the 1st
of July, and will again show the world
how to fit up an establishment of this
kind. His old place VIII be remember
ed by every one who saw it, but this bids
fair to be one of the greatest attractions
of the city. Here will be the depot for
the sale eff his renowned Buchu, which |
will be manufactured under his personal
supervision, and there seems to be little
doubt that in spite of all the prosecutions
he has undergone and from which he
has come forth more yirile than ever, he |
will vet lead the world in his particular
business.
Oakev Hall has at last succeeded in
putting himself outside the ken of
friends. 1t is generally believed here
that he is insane The man is certainly
crazy" is the sentiment frequently heard
from those who knew him well, and 1t
seems the kindest constructions TO put
upon his actions. His family have gone
to their country place, very anxious and
glad toescape the questions and remarks
that have so long been busy with the
husbands and fatherls name.
Yachting is certainly on the decline
here. the financial pressure Of the past
year having in certain manner affected
il. 1t is an expensive amusement, and
many owners of the yachts would glad
II be rid of them. Mr. Horatio Nelson
will place his at the service Of pleasure j