, 1879-06-15

feeling, like Paris, nor In splendor of h,p.o.,
memories, like Rome.-but rather in the a.ssoc sea
~ which comes OF sober, practical enproiss ~.
| OF sedate aud solid, but sometime, hoth ';d aad
and 1rlsid, Judgment. ''o"
! ALLEGED PROGRESS IN PERSIA
A glowing account is given by the st pa...
burg Gotos OF the improvement going On in p.
sla since the country has been taken in h,,,
Austrian and Russian officers. ~!
change, says the Russian paper, appesr. ~ Hsa r'
heran. Nearly all rich Pe1slans now dr,n. ~
European vehicles; some have built s,ao.,: :.
aud great houses in European etrle: the .a w"
cipal boulevards are lighted. But the rno.t ~.
portant matter is that the Shah is constr,,.,s-
! good road from Tehera1 through E.r.;1
Zendshau, aud Tauris to the Russian front,a. =.
Dshulfa- From Teheran to Kaswin II I. :,
ready completed. At every twenty-five r,,o
| metres post t-offce sitter the Austrian nat,aa~
| will be established. The new Persian arrn,..1
being organized BY the Austrian officers IN Va
| Austrian manner. The organization Of W.
| cavalry has been confded to the Russian co1osa,
Of Cossacks, Domontowitch, aided bv soass
other Russian officers. The police Is berr ~
! ganized by an Austrian Couul WIN h,z ~
appointed Chief Master of Police. The noI:l Disu
anu gendarmes are to number 5000 men Tee T"se
foreigners WHO wish to establish na.-wore, w "
Tehezan arrived there some days ago. 4 ~ ~
pany for the purpose has been formed, rI AMI
counts the Persian Ministers OF Foreign 4fT;s.
and OF Posts among its members. The coin;u,
OF the now Persian money continues wifhan3
interruption: the Chief Of the Mint. s,n;a..
Sultan, furnishes every day as much a. IS M
tomans in silver coin. 'S'
THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. PATRICK, NEW ropr
London Times, Aaya3
" Cardinal M'Closkey, eight Archbjsbops. min.
teen Bishops, and Tour hundred priests Of tn.
United States aud Canada assembled in W.
York yesterday to take part in the dedication NJ
the Cathedral Of st. Patrick. The cerp,non.
could not fail to be an imposing one, for t1s
Church of Rome is unrtvaled among Churches :.
lhe art OF scenic display uud Of producing efrec,,
Which touch the senses and impress the memor.
We cannot doubt that one OF the most tmpo,ino
ecclesiastical pageants OF our time was exhibited
The occasion, indeed, was one we'll fitted tn ,,-
spire the Roman Catholics in the United Stats,
with resolve 10 make grand demonstration
1t has long been their desire to be able 10 ho,st
OF posscsessing cathedral which, as strn,.
ture, should have no superior in their conntrv
and should be on par With many Of the finest
IN the Old World. Twenty years hare na.s.,
away since the foundation OF St. Patr;ct,.
Cathedral was laid. The country hes under.
gone vast changes during the interval a rrrat
civil war has been Waged. Trade and eomm4,c,
have passed through many crisis. The const.
tuition and relative position of politica! parties
have been materially altered. Vast tracts nj
land which in 1858 belonged to the unr..
claimed wilderness have now been brought m
der cultivation. have become the homes OF in
dustrious settlers, and have been enrolled
among the sovereign States Of the Union
During all the vicissitudes OF these eveutful
years the project Of raising In the Empire civ
a cathedral which should bear the nams
Of st. Patrick has never ceased to oc-
cupy leading place IN the hearts Of
the Roman Catholics Of New YORK, and
now their aspirations are gratided BY the reali-
cation OF what once seemed pleasing dream.
The building Is in the Gothic Of the thirteenth
and it has two spires 3334 3334 feet high. The rich
ness OF its external decoration gives It re-
TO the Cathedral Of 1fiian; and this
$ not the only point Of similarity, for It, too Is
entirely composed Of white marble. 1t Is said
hat, unlike many other churches, the Cathedral
II ST. Patrick has been built without heavy
ieot being incurred. Certainly it is q work
which owes nothing to tie bensfactions OF rich
md ostentatious persons, the enormous sum re-
Iuired to erect 1t having been made up Of tue
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ealous Roman Catholics, and chiefly Of the serV-
mt girls in New York. 1t stands In Fifth
venue, street which Is not onis
he finest and most fashionable In the
ity, but which cannot be paralleled In any
ther city in the land Here are to b. found
he most splendid hotels and private dwellings,
nd churches which are striking exampes Of
rchttecturai s'siu.--The late Mr.. Stewart hui,t
1 Fifth avenue the marble palace whcn he did
OF live long 10 enjoy. Not far from the Cathe-
ru1 ~ Nr 3c aEEic
manuel, a building in which some Of the must
orgeous ornarnentation OF the 4lhambra is IT,
reduced: Between the Synagogue and Tue
is the Universalist Church in which Dr..
re distastcfui alike to the Roman Catholic
riest and the Jewish Rabbi The Episcopal
hurch OF the Heavenly Rest, noteworthy for
8 curious architectural exterior, is close-at
and. These, however, are but few Of the\
lany churches which rise at short intervals
,ntion on account Of the strange tasteful
shion Of their design. All OF them are IS
9leudid within as they are fantastic or graceful
ithout. When the Rev. DR.. alcGibbou came
ON Australia to the United States on clerical
ission, he told his brethren Oh his 1cturn
>me, with regard to the principal churches,
at their magnihcence, their lu1urlousness,
eir enormous cost, ought TO be condemned as
ntul waste The citizen Of the United States
flights in luxury and grandeur, whether i'll biz
ilway-car, his hotel, Or bis church. Trinity
1urch in New York is the admiration Of thou
nds who do not belong to the Episcopal CON-
union because it IL the wealthIest churcn ~
Z country, its possessions being valued at
{, ,000, 900. Hence It was both wise and natural
the part OF the Roman Catholics Of New
,rk to labor ia order to rear . cathedral Which
ould have no superior IN the country uey /
We assuredly obtained triumph In the Caths-
al OF St. Patrick.
CANADA.
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