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KAJLiIOlO-XX. IST. O. THURSDAY. MAY 15. 1819 - CHURCH TROUBLES. I ThJ brief telegraphic announcements ; made or tne progress ana results ut mc Ritualistic trial in the Pennsylvania Epis copal Contention conveyed little knowl edge. The Philadelphia papers did not add much understandable information in regard to a subject ; much talked of in all denominations, and 'of ''special interest to Episcopalians ', throughout the country. About all that was learned from either was the fact that the deliberations of the Penn- ' sylvania Diocesan ' Convention resulted in ;; the formal condemnation of : the usages of . the advanced Ritualists by an unexpectedly large vote. The question will come up in other Dioceses, notably in the Maryland ' Diocesan Convention which meets on U tho OSiK instant, anrl in which it is tbOUZbt j-.f' the fight will be a hard one. C To one who thinks that neither -the catechism- nor a form of worship is the "chief end of man," and that man's - salva tion is, these things would' seem easy of settlement. If people do not like the church theyre in, let them mate another one tp suit themselves, and let those who stav behind bid their-erring brethren; go in peace, and pray that after all said- and done in this world of sin aad quarreling, all may meet at peace with one another in . the better world across the dark river, V where the wicked cease j from troubling -r and the. weary are at rest. Meanwhile, however, folks wish to know what all the ; fuss is about, and to frequent inquiries of us yesterday we hope, with the efficient aid of the Charleston Newt and Courier, to give an understandable answer.' The Observances which precipitated the issue; in Pennsylvania occurred during the holding . of mission : services ; at Hr f Upmpni'B Philadelrjhia. . under the . auspices of certain ministers connected with ' an organization known as. the Order of St. John the Evangelist. The order is an English one; some of its mem '.! 1 . 1 1 U U ...aU land arid others by the Protestant Episcopal Church of this country, butj as is well ' -, known, the one is the parent of the other, and while governmentally distinct, they are of one-communion, and their priests may officiate in either country. Under the direct! jns of the Superior of the Order, these priests go forth in twos and threes, and journey from place to place, hold- - ing services at various churches in con junction with the Rectors, the Evangelist Fathers, as they .are sometimes called, v confining themselves almost altogether to the delivery of lectures and sermons, and - the private instruction of -those who would confer with them. Both in England, and oin this country their doctrinal view's are regarded as most advanced, and of the type usually spoken of as ultra ritualistic. Bound by vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience, under the direction of a Father Superior, and wearing a long black robe and a biretta, they were, for even these reasons, looked upon with not a little dis favor by those of the Church who shunned and avoided anything that was seemingly an approach towards the practices of the Roman Catholic Church. But the reports of the doctrines preached and- taught by them were even more alarming to the middle and low churchmen, and finally a "committee of inquiry"' was appointed by tl:e last Pennsylvania Convention to exam-1 ie into the truth of rumors affecting M. Clement's Church. It should be said ,n the first place that complaints against St. Clement's Church ante-date the last Convention. - As early as the 27lh of Jan uary, 177, Btehop S.tevbns addressed a communication to the Iiev. O.S.Peksoott, the Rector, (having already previously spoken and written to him upon the sub ject), requesting him1 to discontinue cer tain usages and practices in his mode of celebrating Divine worship. In .February B the Bishop had a conference with the Rec tor, his warden and two vestrymen, after which be again wrote ;him, asking atten-1 tion to his previous request, and later again repeated it in writing. The vestry met, . passed resolutions . to the effect that the rights, usages and ceremonies observed in the parish were dear to the congregation; " and, in their judgment,in nowise contra- , i vened the laws, canons and spirit of the Church, and declared it lobe theif "solemn conviction that the Rector should not ac , cede to the demands made upon him by the letter.',' Finally, they resolved to provide , for such sten3. bv ini unction or otherwise. as should seem nt. to preserve ana main tain the interests confided to their care. The Bisbop, with the adfice of the Stand - ing Committee, then officially. "admon-,-.ished the- Rector to discontinue the prac- , tices referred to in his first letter. On the . '.. 3d of May,-1877 the Rector .promised to : "put in abeyance some of the practices," and was in answer informed by the Bishop , that be saw no necessity for farther corres- . pondence on the subject, unless he was ."i williDg- to comply with; theafdmonition and judgment of his Bish'op, against whom t he now definitely and distinctly arrayed i himself.'- The Convention then ret and 1 ( appointed a committee-' of inquiry, cm p sed , of six "persons, clerical ; and " lay. Their report and the resolutions accompany 'ihg it were presented to the Convention ! list week and gave rise to a very warm and. prolonged discussion. The repprt . finds that J numerous celebrations of ; the Holy Communion are held on the same day, the one at ' midday beicg a "high , celebration," when the 1 priest alone epni J munes, the congregation bsine forbidden ; processions pass through the church with a crucifer and candle bearers' and banoers of the Virgin, the dove, the vessels used in the Eucharist, &c.; fcmdles are lighted at variouB stages of the service ; the priest; is ; attended by boys during service ; the ele ments; immediately after the consecration, are lifted up by the celebrant and a priest assistant,' whereupon prostrations mew or less entire take place both within and with ; out the chancel, and whenever the priest or ''the boys pass the com to union table, they bend the knee. So much relates to the ritual The committee' of ; inquiry further report that the doctrine of the true presence, prayers for-the dead, something very nearly approaching the Invocation of the Blessed Virgin and of the Saints, and auricular confession, have been taught and believed and practiced. The resolu tions offered by them were in brief : (1) That the practices and usages, especially those in connection with the holy com munion, were in entire contrariety to those of the Protestant Episcopal Church, .and by their similarity to those of the Church of Rome, calculated to do a serious in jury;) That a canon be prepared whereby the Standing Committee, by a two-thirds vote may, with the consent of the Bishop, deprive a pariah so offending of its,: representation ; in the Convention ; and (3) that the report be referred to the Bishop and Standing Committee, with power to take such action as they may deem proper and necessary. The resolu tions were considered and discussed sepa rately. , All were adopted by overwhelm ing majorities. The vote of the clergy was 89 to 20 in favor of the resolution of censure, and that of the laity 63 to 12 a total vote of 157to 32. . 1 The Convention closed its work ; by adopting the following canon, the vote standing: Yeai Clergy 57, Lay-tO, total 97; nays-Clergy 42, Lay 37, total 77. OH INNOVATIONS IN RITUAL. First : The godly admonition and judg ment of the Bishop, given in writing, with the advice and consent of his council of advice, shall have the force of law in this diocese in respect to all innovations in , ritual, ornaments and vestments, so far as they are not regulated by express law of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States; and such admonition and judgment shall have the same authority m respect to all ritual observances and formal absolutions id connection with private con fessionv not expressly authorized in the Book of Common; Prayer so to be used, and as to all practices tending to the en couragement of such confession as a habit or its enforcement as a duty or to the estab lishment of the confessional in this church as a part of its system of ordinary discip line; provided, however, that if it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the stand ing committee that anything thus disallow ed by. the Bishop has been the usage in that particular church or congregation dur ing the preceding twenty years, or else in at least one third of the churches of this diocese at the time of the admission of such church or congregation into union with the, convention, then such usages shall not be deemed innovations in such church or congregation ; and for this purpose the clergyman and e'aurch wardens shall be summoned before the Bi8bop and standing committee within ten days after service of said admonition, and shall be heard in ob jecting t the same. I . Second: Any clergyman wno snail re fuse or neglect to comply with the godly admonition and judgment of the Bishop, given as aforesaid, with the proviso afore said, may be p reseated and tried under the canons of the general convention for a vio lation of the canons of this diocese and a breach of his ordination vow. - - TIME'S CHANGES 1 This paper never talks iroBVj nor italics, nor Latin. Neither goes down in this lati tude, and the use of either is Bure to get the user into trouble. But for this fact, learned to be a fact after long . experience. and the truth of which has been illustrated within a week by the public : judgment upon one of Thk Observer's "women preacher" correspondents, the heading; of this paragraph would have been "tempora mutantur," and all the rest of it, signify ing what is expressed by the two English words which do head it, and which are intended to call attention to two incidents in the life of the new Cardinal? Dr. John IIksky Newman, who be came a Cardinal in the Church of Rome on the 12th inst. , made his first appearance in public life as the earnest and able oppo nentofSir Robert Perl's re-election. as member of Parliament for the University of Oxford because Sir Robert was an ad vocate of Catholic emancipation. Thus much we learn from history. The second incident is taken from an Anglo Romao paper of the 12th iust., " as tele graphed to this country, and is about thus ; Oc most Saturday afternoons in the last year of the first decade of the present cen,. tury two boys, aged respectively nine and five, might have been seen playing in the grounds of Blootnsbury square, Lon don. The boys, both natives of the square, offered the most complete con trast to each other in appearance. The younger, whose head was profuse with long, black. glossy ringlets, was a child of rare Jewish type of bjauty, and full of life and activity. The other was grave in de meanor, wore his hair close cut, and walked and talked and moved in a way which in young people is called "old fashioned." He was of pure English raco and Puritanical family. The names of the children denoted these differences as much as their appearances. The one was Benjamin DIsbaeli, the other John Newman. Sixty eight years have pa sed since then, aad much has happened in the mean time, but nothing more wonderful than that the baudsome little Jew boy should become a Christian and Prime Minister of Protestant England, and the Puritan lad a Catholic and a Cardinal of the Iloly Ro man Church. ' N ' - : Oxok more Doath is in our household. With the passing away of yesterday and the beginning of a new day , upon earth, the soul of William Keakxet Ufohurch passed from this life to begin a better life in the world above. His was a rough ex terior, but the heart was ' true. His was a modest occupaii n, but he did. his duty. He was a carrier of Ths Observer and had been from its beginning. '. During sdl his service wd knew the boy and knew that he w&s dMng his duty in . the station to which it had pleased God to call him; but only since April 2 1st have we really known the mao, aff caonate, loyal, true.,.; . j General Grant has gathered up in his European tour a great deal of what Gene ral. PikTATU)B,called t'looLZ Among other gifts, he received from the Sultan of Turkey a present. 6f two horses of pareyessela that now Irequcptogrrporf sre genv Arabic bliKxJ. They -have been shipped by steam3hi p" to Ne w Haven, and as muph care was giveii to them as if they were cabin passengers. OLD-TIME CAPE FEAR IMPROVEMESTS. So far as the jetties were concerned, the work done in the improvement of the nav igation of the; lower Cape Fear from its commencement in May, 1823, to August, 1830, covering a period of seven years and a half, the hopes of the harbor men at Wil mington were dashed by the storm referred to in the extract from Mr. James, yester- day. But they do not; appear, to. -have been disheartened, for; the work of repair ing damages was . immediately begun, and so on throughout a period embracing the best "portion of this century they have maintained their faith in the practicability of giving the port of Wilmington a good draft of water and successful, easy navi gation. A people, so' determined' and so well informed ' as to the capacities of their waters as evidenced by the description which Mr. James furnishes, are not easily discouraged in any undertaking, and they have , the gratification of f eling at last that to their perseverance are they indebted for the success which is about to crown the great effort below Wilmington It has frequently been asserted, and re peatedly within the past two months, In cir cles adverse to the commercial interests of Wilmington, and the State at large as to that matter, that the work on the lower Cape Fear can never be .brought to a suc cessful termination, and that the time, labor and money expended there have all been thrown away. So it did appear after the August storm of 1839. and it has seem ed many - times since thai the task was a hopeless one, but thanks to the improved sciences and engineering skui, ana ine pluck and energy of a brave people, there is every prospect now that the port of Wil mington will be on a footing with some of the more favored of her Southern sisters But to continue the report of Mr. J ames j "After fifteen days labor the dredging boat was got off and again set in operation. The, materials of the jetties were so injured and scattered that it was equivalent to a total loss. The building of the jetties was .recommenced Immediately, and they have resisted the violence of every gale that has blown since. There has been a difficulty in making a part of . the jetty on the west side of the nver (opposite Old Town, now Mr. Cowan s farm). stand; and a like dim culty in respect to the jetty on the east side, neatly opposite Old Town. This difficulty arises from two causes. The first is, that the jetties pass, in part, through a sandy foundation; the second, that the river is so confined at these points that the current produced is at least equal to that at the bar of the river. From these two causes, a good deal of the planking has been washed up. lo stop this -Captain Blaney has ordered stone to be thrown alongside the jetties 'At this time (November, 1833,) there are six of tne jetties omit wnicn were recommended bv Major Bache. There are three more yet to be built. The dredging boats have worked only on the bulk nead and middle sboals. lnese were unques tionably the shallowest. There is a third shoal called the wreck shoal. This, at the time the operations on the river were com menced, was . considered a very smal obstacleto the navigation, the other shoals then being so much greater; but at this time the wreck shoal is the greatest obstacle, the bulk -head and middle shoals having such an increased depth of water on them. Great, however, as is the obstacle, there is on the wreok shoal eight feet of water ? at low tide. On the bulk-head shoal, at tbs lowest stage of the tide, there are eight feet six inches The average rise of the tide on this shoal is four feet, making an average at high water of twelve feet six inches. On the middle shoal, at the lowest state of the tide, there are eight feetr-three inches. The average rise of the tide here is four feet. making the sverage high water at least twelve feet across these three shoals "Now these are facts which have a most important bearing ou the foregoing sped fications and which ought to be noted here, to-wit: The average depth at the Mam Bar, at high wa'er, is, 1 believe, fif teen and a half feet. T he average depth at low water is nine and a half feet. It is important too to keep in rcind that the New Inlet Bar is washing wider, by which a greater quantity of water passes there now than lormerlv,' ana ot course the ex tra quantity which is vented at the New Inlet has the effect of diminishing the' quantity which formerly flowed over the Mam lar. "In July,-1831, a dredzlnr b at. ore pared in conformity with the order ' of Captain Blaney, came to anchor on the bulk-head shoal, and began to work. This boat is very superior to the one prepared by Mr. Fulton. She wiil move on an average three hundred ; cubic yards pet oay; tne average worfc oi tue one pre pared by Mr. Fulton, was hundred cu bic yards. The dredging boat is now at work on the middle shoaL I bis shoal was iio doubt at some remote period a - heavily timbered swamp. The evidences of this fact are that stu5?p, roots, cypress knees, and .every kind of vegetable matter com mon to the swamps in this part of the couutry, are excavated by the dredging machine ; and they are so thick and close as to retard, in a yery great degree, the operations of the machine In working on this shoal, we have broken three main shafts, the refitting of each of which has occasioned a considerable in:crruption in our progress. , , ' , -'I have thus presented to the view of your Excellency a correct outline of the course pursued in working the river below Wilmington . Having lost all my papers in the storm of August 1830. above re ferred' to more copious or accurate details are not in my powtr. I cannot, however, conceive that such details would tend to fortify the reasoning or : to augment the zeal of the advocates for improving the navigation of the Cape Fear River, The facts which I have staged in this letter are all of them indubitable. Some of them are susceptible of damoostralioa by trials an-d" experiments. " Indubitab'e, however, as they are. - there are-others facte whiph confirm them. I will mention these briefly;. "In Ujere were a number of lighters, -someiimea called rjet- tiaugua, - in ' Wilmington. Now the de mand has bo declined that there are two only in the place Vessels ot the same or greater burthen now load at the wharfs that formerly employedt " light-jrs to trans port the produce below the gboals to com plete their cargoes. ; "In 1823,- '24, 'S5,26. it was no un common occurrence to see eight or ten vessels lying on the shoals at the same time, endeavoring to navigate the riverj and it can be proved by testimony of the highest respectability that at one time seventeen up river bound vessels were lying on the shoals. A vessel yot up for a packet between Wilmington and New Yot k, would be sometimes a whole week in pass ing the shoals. -I aver that this is never the case now. No instance can he pointed out of a vessel that has kept In the chan nel, lying two tides .during the last nins months on the same shoal; although the eraliv or a lareer class -r and-r of Ereater burthen than they were before the works for the improvement of the navigation of the river were commenced by the State of North Carolina." AT WASHINGTON. The vote in the .House on Tuesday on the question of passing the peace bill over the President's veto showed a majority of thirty acting with the Democrats. Oa no other question have the Democrats been able to make so strong a showing, parties in the House beinz closely divided. It will is thought that the caucus committees meet to day and the caucus itself on Mon day next. -;;; ";,;-"": ""v;;t":'T1-;::'".-;t The indications are that Congress will adopt the programme indicated by The Observer- on receipt of the telegraphic announcement of the President's first veto. Thk . Waehington corresponded of the Baltimore Gazette of , the 14th says that the House is determined to pass a free coinage silver bill and the income tax and they, will go through the Senate. J The Democrats want a veto on t both these measures. They want to make vetoes cheap, as Mr. Beck has said. The widow Oliver has claimed to be a British subject and has appealed to the Minister at Washington for money to prosecute and aid to resist the persecutions of old Simon Cameron. The Southern ' lsaptUit Convention Correspondence of The Observes, fourth .day. Atlanta, May U, 1879. Editor Observer : Reports of Commit tees on Italian Missions and Agencies were presented, discussed and adopted. These reports are too long for vour columns.! and might norbe of special interest to your readers genei ally. . . ! , The interests of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, located at Louis vule. Ky., were presented by Dr. J. P. Boyce, President of the Seminary. $300,000, or nearly so, have been secured in Kentucky, and $100,000 in the other South ra States in bonds. But until these bonds can be collected and invested, so that frtm the interest the Seminary can -be Sustained, contributions are now needed lo carry on the work of the Seminars'. It should not be suspended, nor can the principal of funds given for permanent endowment be used to carry it on. About $30,000 are needed to sustain the Seminary for the next year; and it is for the denomination to say how this amount shall be provided. An appeal was made to the Uoavention and over $4,000 raised for the Seminary, Reports on new fields of labor on the work of the Domestic Mission Board and Indian Missions, were discussed and adopted, p. m. The subject of a. Mission to the Chinese in California elicited somei inter est in the Convention, and action taken recommending the Domestic Mission Board t send Dr. J. B. Hartwell lo Cali fornia as soon as possible. Dr. Hartwell was a Missionary to China for seventeen years. - . - THE SABBATH IN ATLANTA. There were thirty-six churches in and around Atlanta, occupied on Sunday by ministers of the Southern Baptist Conven tion. There were ninety or toese minis ters who preached, or delivered addresses at mass meetings or to the Sunday schools of the various churches. The weather was very fine, as it has been all the time, and the congregations were overuowing. The Attantians are a church-going people, beyond what is usual in large -cities. The preaching to which they listened on Sun day was highly acceptable to thetn, and was able in an eminent degree. fayette vi lie. Correspondence of The Ob&krvkb.J Fatettevillb, May 13, 1879 Editor Observer : Our streets present a lively appearance to-day, owing to the number of delegates to the meeting of the Grand Lodge of : Odd Fellows, and the Episcopal Convention, both of which will oe lu session in uur Kiijr vuia wtxii. THE ODD FELLOWS. , The Grand Encampment met to-day with Quite a ecod attendance, and after electing the following officers for the en suing yew adjourned to convene in the place selected for the meeting of the Grand Lodge next May : ' ' , E Ilubbs, of Newbern,;Mo6t Worthy Grand Patriarch L. C. Howiet, of Greensboro, Grand High Priest. H. T. Claw80n. of lialeigb. Grand Sen ior Warden, ! R. J. Jones, o Wilmington, Grand Scribe and Treasurer. J. J. Barefoot, of Wilson, Grand Junior Warden. . Tbef oflowing were the appointments : Henry Ported, Raleigh, Grand Sentinel. DISTRICT DEPPTT GRAND ATKIAHOUii J Campbell Encampment No. I, J. L Dudley, Wilmington. Pine Encampment, No. 3, D. O. Mc- Rae, Fayette vilie. j! Calumet No. 4, S. K. Btoo, Newberu TaluJa, jno. o, U. a. tfmdtora, Kiiai- bflth City. Paisley No, 10, David Scott, Greensboro. Keberton No. 13, Ed. renniigton, Tarboroi Rowan No, 14, Theo. F. Klutz. Salis bury. McEee No. 15, W. B. Hutchings, Ral eigh- 1 Wilson No. 16, W. P. Woolen, Wilson. Rocky Mount No. 19, D. K; Styles, Rocky Mount. j ' j Salem No. 20, J. U. Shultz. Salem. Catawba River No. Lj Thos. Led well, unanotte. I 1 The Grand Lodge will convene this (Bireuing, ; and I will keep your readers posted fpom day to day iu regard to its tiansactions The Cape Fear and People's Steamboat Company has tendered the use of its side-wheel fteamer, "Gov. Worth," for an excursion down the river to morrow afternoon. A large Dumber of the mem bers of the Grand Lodge are very anxious to avail themselves of this opportunity to enjoy a pleasant trip on the Cape. Fear, and at the same time make the acquaint ance of some of our handsome brunettes and pretty blondes as the Odd Fellows of Fayetteville have prornised; thejr, visiting brethren that the fair sex of our town will Some f;tbe older members say that the Jjodge has too much business before It to indulge jo? pleasure even for half a day ; but these, be it ijnijerjtood, , are married men. - - - J; - " i - - v C- M-Busbee, Ecq " of Raleigh, will de liver an address on '"Odd Fellowship" tomorrow-evening in the Baptist Church. From the reputation of the speaker w feel we have a treat in store. - ' lit y THE EPISCOPALIANS. ? , I The Sixty third Annual Convent ion of the Episcopal Church Jh the Diocese of North Carolina will tatellin SO John's Church in this place to morrow rooming at 10 o'clock. Every arrangement for the comfort and entertainment of the clergy and laity has been msdeby.the. hospitable pe ple of Fayettevijle, and . when I say. this, any1 one who has ever visited the town. willTtnow at once that if he'-dele- gates do not enj ly themselves it .will be their own fault; i," More aoon. Namdxts.. Orthodox The Rev. Alexis Tonsher (going round his new parish) "Of course, you observe LentMra Ricky ard?" Mif Rickyard "Oh, yea, sir, we . alius hev pancakes o' Shrove Tuesdav IT ' EaNtern Travel. Correspondent X Viu UBfiiBVKU Jaffa, tbe ancient Joppa, March, 15. Editor Observer : Our ship came to anchor about half a mile off of the shore and was at once surrounded by the boats of the natives, who all clamored vocifer ously for the privilege of taking us to land. Selecting one of the ungainly barges, we entrusted to it our fates and fortunes; not without difficulty, however, for the waves brought the boat at one moment surging up to the gangway, and at the next it was down twenty feet , below us. These boats are of the rudest structure, flat-bottomed and tub like, and the oarsmen stand at their work after the manner of the lighter tnen of the Cape Fear at Wilmington; their tars being merely poles with bits of board n a ued at the end for blades. : Nearmg the shore it was necessary to pass through a reef of rocks over which the breakers were foaming and thundering, and the passage way between is not more than thirty feet m width, vine cannot repress a feeling of- anxiety as we look at our seamen and their rude implements, and this ; feeling is not decreased by the reflection that these men are Mohammedan fatalists, who, if Allah has decreed that they shall perish by water, will accept that fate with stolid indiffer ence, and will resign us to ours with calm impartiality.. But anxiety is changed to admiration., when we observe with what careless ease they manage their ugly barque, as on the crest of a wave she roils directly through the centre of the pass into the still waters beyond. ! The coast of Syria is a daneerous one. and has been wreck strewn in all ages. ' As long ago as the beginning of the twelfth century,-we have from Saewulf. an AngtO Saxon pilgrim . who visited Palestine in those days, a vivid account of a disasirou? storm at this place : . ; "A? soon as we came within sight of the port, I was seized with a great desire of landing. I .hired a boat, but before I reached the shore,- the sea was .troubled, and became continually more tempestuous. We landed, however, with God s grace. without hurt. But next morning we heard the roaring of the sea, and saw that every bxly was in contusion and astonishment We were dragged along with the crowd to the shore, where we saw the waves swell ing higher than the mountains, and innum erable bodies if .drowned persons scattered over the. beach, while the fragments of ships were floating on every side.- The ahips were driven from their anchors by the violence of the waves, which threw them now up aloft and now down, till they were run aground or upon the rocks. and there they were beaten backwards and forwards until they were crushed to pieces. For the violence of the wind would not al low them to put out to sea, and the charac ter of the coast would not allow them to put into shore with safety. Thus out of thirty very large ships, laden with palmers and with merchandise, only seven remained safe. Of persons of both sexes there i perished more than one thousand tbat day. Indeed, no eye ever beheld a greater misfortune in the space of a single day, from all which uoa snatcueu us oy His grace; to whom be honor and glory forever. Amen. ... This quaint account of the old chronicler anu nis story suuw muiueuiauy uuw grtuu was the number of palmers, or pilgrims, to the Holy Land at that time, when the euc- cess of the First Crusade had just thrown open the Holy Places to tho Christians of the West, r i . On landing there la the UMiai formality qf passing the baggage through the custom house, though we have come from 'one Turkish port to another; and an1 officer with heavy sabre, and gorgeous in uniform, demands our passports. But we have been long enough ia the East to know that it is sate to bully an official, so 1 resist the de mand, and the bribe of a small sum placed in his expectant palm enables me to pass without further question. We made our way through the narrow streets, all miry from the recent rains, to an inn beyond the town kept by some Germans, members of a Protestant Missionary Association.llt overlooks the sea, and is surrounded by the-orange groves, which extend in a broad belt around the town. Jaffa is justly famed for its oranges, and at this season the dark green trees are bending almost to the ground under their load of golden fruit. Some of these orchards are of great extent, and they are all enclosed byjiigh hedges of .prickly cactus, forming a perfect protection against the depredations of either man or beast. Jaffa is a city of great antiquity, its in habitants claim the oldest in the world, but the earliest mention of it in the Bible Is in the, distribution of land to the tribe of Dan by Joshua, that is about 3,300 years ago. To this port the wood for Solomon's temple was floated down the coast from Lebanon and from here Jonah embarked for Tarehish. The Greeks made it the scene of their fable of Andromeda, and some ancient ehroniolers have strangely confused the sea-monster that was sent to devour the virgin with the whale that swal lowed Jonah. Sir John Mandeville, who visited Palestine early in the fourteenth century, and - whose book of travels was once so popular, has a droll passage that "the town is called Jaffa because founded by Japhet, the . son of "Noah. And there may still be seen 3 in the rock Jthe place where the iron chain was fastened where with Andromeda, a great giant, was bound and put in prison,, before ijoahfs flood ; a rib of whose side, forty feet long, is still shown." The author has strangely dis torted the classical myth, and mistaken the fair Andromeda for the seamonster sent to make a meal of her. The town is now small and dingy and dilapidated, without any fine buildings or towers to make it attractive, though its situation Is picturesque, being on a high hill that rises abruptly from the sea, giving the houses a terraced appearance, and making the streets so steep that some of them are a series of stairs. The chief trade is in fruit, pf which the oranges, lemons, pomegranates and watermelons are very fine. A tomb is still pointed put as that of labitba or Dorcas, that is, gazelle, a name, as has been well said, generally associated in the &a8t with the Perfection of female beauty, but that has become the type of the greater loveliness of tbat chanty with which she clothed the poor by the labor of her own hands." It need hardly be said tbat there is nothing to identify this tomb, nor the house that is shown as tbat of Simon the Tanner; but standing upon the roof of the latter, which is flat and stuccoed as is cus tomary lp gyria, 08 qan bat feel that it was tp just some such place the Apostle retired at noon for his devotions, when he saw that wonderful Vision wbich revealed to him the. great truth, so bard for a Jew to believe, that as God is no respecter of persons,'' bow much Jess should we mor tala fcall aaj man oomcaqn or unclean." We have been detained several days at Jaffa by the rain : which is coming down steadily not an unrefreshing sight to travellers fresh from Egypt but I shall start Tor Jerusalem this afternoon. We make a formidable caravan; for though we number but eleven travellers; not only has all our baggage to be carried on mules, but also food and wine and a complete din ner and breakfast service, and eight tents with all; their furniture and parapher nalia; so . that to transport and take care of us, out dragoman : has a troop of jwenty-three men, erjd thirty-nine horses, mules and donkeys. .The horses are ras- sable, but by no means one'a idea of the barbs of the desert ; our tents are double roofed, impervious to rain, are carpeted and furnished with? iron bedstead?.' wash stands, tables and camp stools, ,a&d are very cosy and comfortable. , The saloon tent looks very cheerful, lined with bright colored calico, and the table, with its snowy cloth and nankins, and rtiRntnv of china and glass, is Suggestive of pleasant euvitu Quurs w corns. - : This sketch of "Tent Life in th TTnW Land," with its luxuries and conveniences. will hardly remind old Confederates of th ir tent life on the Potomac aid cIra. where. i It , may not be f amiss to say at the outset of our journey ings that io such notes ot travel as i may pe able to send, I shall make no pretenci whatever at giving any Uiing.new.aboutPale8tinejQor strive to solve any of the j questions that have divided scholar in all aees. This ground has been gone over jBo often and by such able men, from Bishop Arcu'f in the seventeenth century to Dean Stanley in our own time, that it would perhaps be presumptuous, even in an Observes cor respondent, -to attempt to give morel, than the mere impressions made upon the mind of a traveler, together "with such brief his torical allusions as fseem indispensable, .or to endeavor to picture other than the life of a wanderer in thjj Holy Land. Among your readers there toay be some for whom the subject itself possesses sufficient inter est to compensate for my shor comings. and any such I wil ask to accompany me 6 kneel with me at ths vity ; to linger ou the to the Holy City ;: manger of - the Nat banks of the Jordan ; to stand by Jacob's well and Rachel's tomb ; to float on Uia lee ; to wander over the clear waters of Gal desolatetes of Chorazin and Bethsaida ; to rest awhile in the Christian village of JNazire; h ; and to" look down from the mountains of Samaria upon the beauty and glory, the desolat on and death of the Promised Land. G. The Preacher-Poet (Correspondence of Thk Observer. .-Tfr Tarboeo, May 8, 1879. Editor Observer : . Tour correspond ent ia- the last Observer, who Writes to correct errors, about the Rev. Mr. Alston, needs some correction himself. I knew his mother's family while they resided in Edenton, and ws a schoolmate with Philip in the old Eden ton Academy, which was at . that timel in charge of the Rev. John Avery, the rector of the parish. All your correspondents have mistaken bis name, which was ?bilip William Whitmel Alston; though hq nfcver doubled his W. 8, but always signed his name Philip W Alston. His mother was Elizabeth John ston, daughter of Mr. Johnston, and the cousin, not the tisiftrS'ol the late "wealthy" James J. Johnston. Jiisq.. of Chowan county, not Bertie. His place, Hays, near x.uenioD, is a norpu piace as oeing ine seat or Gov. Samuel Johnston, rebuilt and beautified by his! son. Philip W. Alston, the son of -Philip Alston and Elizabeth Johnston, was born at the family residence on Fishing Creek in Warreu county, on the 2tb of February! 1813. His father died not long after, and bp mother, with her family, moved to Edentdn. not Bertie, about 1818, and lived there for many years. Philip, his youngest son early showed indications of talent, and was a great favorite at Hays, with MfT Johnston, and was the especial pet of his sister J Miss Helen S. Johnston, who amused herself in teaching and giving direction to his opening intellect. While a boy at the 4-catlemy be was writing poetry, and drety p'.cturesreunrkably well with his pen. Many years ago, Mr. -Jas. Johnston showed me in his library a ruanu script volume off his juvenile works, some in poetry and stine in prose, printed with uis pen, wuu aiuiun iuu regularity anu ac curacy of type, and also many scenes exe cuted with his pen. that looked like en gravings. 1 have heard that Mr. Johnston defrayed ail the lexpenses of his education both at the Academy and the University He was a man! not oily; of distinguished ancestrv, but was himself- a gentleman o: the old school, obe of "nature's noblemen,' whose great wealth was often employed in deeds of generous benevolence of which the world never! heard. Philip Alston! entered the University at Chapel Hill id 1826, when he was less than 13 years o)d, and while -there was re marKaoie lor pis amiaDility, his socia qualities, bis f genius,- and his hih moral character. The oldest and most distinguished pt the Professors of V the University said of him many years after he left College, that- "he was the best boy he ever anew.'! tie graduated in 1829 the University conferring on him the honor of the degree j of A. B. He remained a year at the University after he graduated cultivating hiaf taste for letters and im proving his mirid by study and reading. suppose it was I during this period that he wrote the mo8 and best of hp pOetiea pieces, some off which are now before me He wrote an Ijlegy on leaving the Un; versity; another piece called the Magician At this time,! the struggles of - Greece against the Ottoman power," which had for years aroused the interest and sympathy oi an unnstenaom, so stirred ms youthfu spurt, that he composed a long ode, "The Greek Vision,'? wbich shows what he felt as a man and al patriot, for that classic and long down trodden land, emerging from its cruel bondage to vindicate her ancient renown.' ; In 1831, he moved to Randolph Tennessee, and joined his elder brother James, who had lately settled there. Soon arter this his mother aod family joined them and resided there. In 18ao, he be came a candidate for.: the ministry of the frotistaut JvHcopal Uhurch, was ordained T 1 - f !-1 OOi3 I - 1 ' , t . 1 a Mew iu in iiooo anu aumuieu to ine Prir.oinood in 840 la 1839, he had been unaninnusly palled b'y' lne vestry to the rectorsh'p of Calvary Church, Memphis of whic i h-.' continued rector until his pre mature des'b in 1847. Thus early passed away one oT North Carollhi's toost gifted sons the tchqlar, poet, artist, thlogi!in and in all and above all, a faithful, devout Christian mau4 .tuer ms aer-a lj-fca p uiey. ot leoue. see, puDiisatu; a yjiums ot ms sermons, dedicated - to James C. Johnston, Esq whose liberality provided the means for their publication. They show the Intel lectual and spiritual' measure of the man of whom the Bishop said: "That for varied and accurate information; vigor of intellect, soundness of judgment, happi ness or illustration, fertility oi lmagina lion, beauty, strength and harmony o composition, 1 deem it not extravagant to say tbat 1 have never known bis superior at the same age, if indeed his equal. can be found anywhere in the church." J. B. C. A Tapeworm In a IU an' Eye From the Philadelphia Times, May 11 J John'J. Andrews, a merchant Of this city, was sitting bindfolded yesterday in the second iory foqt toorj of bis feagdsome residence, No. 08 North Thirteenth street. Mr, Andrews? shapely head was bound up with many linen bandages, but although his eyes were for the time being sightless he was in a happier frame of mind than he had fcnown fop years. He has been blind in the left eye for twenty years or more, and dunng the past two years he has at Intervals suffered the most intense agony in r eyei, from which the, light had gone out, 'Scores of doctors: looked at and , prescribed . for the eye, but without ding it any. good, until on Sunday last an eminent surgeon of this pity removed from the eye a live cysticer cus, or embryo tapeworm. This is the first authenticated case of cysticercus in the human eye that has ever occurred on the American continent, although there have been a hundred or more cases re ported in Europe, particularly in Prussia. Mr. Andrewsl case is in every, way similar to the case of (the "snake" in a horse's eye, which was reported in the Times about a year ago, except tbat in the case of the horse the paras;te in the eye. was, the doc tors said, a Common long round worm, while bai io the gentleman's eye was a larval tapeworm. INSURANCE STATEMENTS ST ATEMEVT - SHOWING THE CONDITION OF TBI ? Phoeniz Insurance Comnanv OF. HARTFoftlX Valneot real estate and " frronan rents owned by we Company, (less the . . am t of encunib'acces Loans on bond andmonl .. Kaife(OQiy recorded and being first Mens on the " fee aimnlAV Acct of siock and bonds oi ine united state s,anu of this and other StaJ.es, als j a ll other stocks and bonds abso'uteij owned ' bT the llnmfnm - Stocta. bonds and all ota- 1U,"'1S U9 er secancies (except mortgages) hyp.theca ted to the Company as col ateral security for casn aouauy loaned by fie ComnmiT Interest due and accrued 122.60 on stocks and other se cnritlea Cash In Company's priii"- ciyai uuicb auu oeionjf ing to the Company de posited In bank - i 410,390.3 163,456.23 Preminms nnnnid All other assets, detailed m suiiemenK . 1.0 .33 Total assets ' I-TATilT.ITrRS. 2,624,0H.;4 - Losses unpaid, including those resisted . $ U3,442.C5 Reserve, as required by w 154,109 C9 k Total liabilities.. Snrplus as regards policy holders ti.75-5 r-ui .in Capital stock paid up 1,000,000 surplus as regards stock holders 7S 53n Art Total income.... 1.351.669 85 Total expenditures 1.19S.2S6.46 , NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS IN Risks written....; Premiums receiyed , Losses paid on risks taken k ''' Los es iacurrcd iyV." - NORWOOD CILES, AKentT ' ' WILMIXUT-ON. Office of Secretary of State N Insurance DKi'AurMgNr w o KAL1tIGH, May 14, 1SI9. Concerning Insurance,'- ratified March 12th xn T ytiftf that tha Q ww A ta a tina . . . 1 t sworn statement of ihe Phosnix Insurance Company, to "December 3lt, 1S7S, now on file ia this ne. part cue nt, and the statcnieut is hereby aourov.si" W. L SAUNDKKS rayl5-lt. Secretary of sute. STATEMENT SHOWING THK CONDITION OF TUK ' Seaboard Insurance Company, of Norfolk. ' Dkcembkk 314, lsjs ASSETS: Value ot real estate and. ground rents owned by . the Company (Ie3 the ' t aiut of .encumorances , : thereon) None. Loan on bond and moru ga( inly recorded and beiu nrst lieus ou the fee simple).. $ 95.574.i5 Acctof stocks and bonds of the Unit'd btates.and , of this and other States, also ail other stocks and bonds absolutely owned ' by the Compdiiy 19,2"n Stocks, bonds and all oth er securities (excepj mortgages) hypiiheca ted to the Company as conaierai security j.jr cash actually loaned by tne company Interest due and accrue on stocks and other be en rttles., Cash in Company's prin cipal office and belong ing io the Company de posited In Bank. .. .. . Casn in hands of Agents and In transitu Premiums unpaid........ C,7U.40 949.0-' l,150.0i 1,771 CO 95C.1 1 Total assets , LIABILITIES: Losses unpaid, Including those' resisted Reserve, as required by,. law All other claims $ , 143,JC3U 5,50(1 8,010 156 Total liabilities Surplus as regards policy holders.... ..$ Capital stock paid up ... . Surplus as regards stock holders Total income Total expenditures 13,TSi.'i5 12'J,C4G0.) 122.422 01 7,223.44 25.42S.14 21,160 34 NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS IN Tin? : Premiums received isftaf-'. "Losses paid on r,i8fcs taken; '7.." Losses incurred.,1... e,2W.si Cameron. Hay & Co-, Agents. Ealeigk. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.. V Office vf aecrelari of (Stuff, JNSL'KANCK lftl'AKTMKNT, KAI.Hiill, Alitil IsTS. In compliance with H cti mi Elirht of An" Art concerniug Insurance," ratitle-i Man-ii i-j.isti, 1 certify that the aboe is a true exiriiot from Hit sworu stutemeirt of the , Seaboard Insurance Company, to December 31, 1373. now on file in tliis'Ueiari ment. and the statement is hereby approved. K' W. L- SAI NUEKS, myl-lt : . Secretary 61 State. statement" SHOWING THK CONDITION OF" THB "nite States Branch of the Liverpool and London and Giobe Insurance Company of Liverpool, hecemrkk aiMt, Ki-. ' ASSE'.S. : Value of real rstate and ground. rent,s"owu'' by the Company (less "lit) 'am't of encumbrances thereon ) $ 5i0,7ii- Loan. on bond ana mort gag'l(duly record -d aitvl . . ' bein first lies oa the foe siiuple) 1,216.719.13 Account of st4;t-KH and b nds. of the Unlttl ! btates, and o this and oi other states; also all other Btocks and bonds absolutely owned by the Company .. . ........... 1,81 OSi.wt Stocks, bonds and Jail oth- ; er securities, (except mortgages) hypothecs- ? ted to the Company as collateral security for cash a tually loaned by the Company...:. Interns-- due and accrued on stocks and other se curities .....I.....;.... Cesh In Company's prin 3,548.65 32,999.0. cipal tiilioe aad belong- - ing to tne . company, deposited in Bank,.., .ur.s Premiums unpaid. :-39,050.i- All other assets, detailed la ,stat3 r cut 49,844 Total assets $4,201,8' LIABILITIES: Losses unpaid, including those resisted i 30S,"si.i3 Reserve, as required by : ilaw....!.. 1,620.4S4.6S 04,5Tt.4S All other' 'claims. "$2,43.S1S Tnial liahilitlr'S .... Capital Stock paid up. . . .$1,228,200 Total income ..... 2,600,53.34 Total expenditures...... 1,U,219.83 NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS IN Risks written. ... ... . ... vIm Premiams received... gVx)- Losses paid............. n'kiOJ5 Losses incurred STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, zvt i f - Office of Secretary r. ' - .'. : .-, Raleigh, Apnl . f In compliance ' with Section Eight oV concerning Insurance," ratified Ma":" froio I certify that the ab ve Is a true extm" the sworn statement of the Und UnitedStatesBrancli of the Liverpool . .London and Globe Compacy. to December 81, 1873, now on me m tny merit, and the sta'emeni Yav NitS YV. L. myl5-lt Secretary TEACHERS WBfijj0 fBJS!SP ajar delphla, Pa, .