The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1869, Page 6

& — ELIGIOUS. Services Yesterday in the Metro- politan Churehes, Parting Address of Archbishop McCloskey Prior to His Departure for Rome. Sermons by Rev. Charles B, Smyth, “ Mes- senger” Snow, Rev. Dr. Bri and Other Divines, The services at such of the metropolitan places of worsbip as are not closed during the present fash- tonabie season were not particularly striking yester- @ay asa role, the discourses being confined to the simplest subjects.of theology and religious doctrine, At St, Patrick's Cathedral there was an unusual in- terest manifested, a8 will be seen by the report below. ST, PATRICK'S CATHEQDRAL, Archbishop McCloskey’s Farewell Se Priar to His Departure for Rome Attend the Ecumenical Council. . Owing to the announcement that the Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey was to preach his farewell germon to his hock previons to his departure for the Eternal City on Saturday next, to take part in the deliberations of the Ecumenical Council, the Cathe- dra} was crowded yesterday morning by a congrega- tion which gathered from ail parts of the city, and among which were to be seea many wealthy and prominent men of various denominations, Very Rey, Father Starrs, Vicar General of the dio- celebrated high mass, assisted by Rev. Father ‘on, and Rev. Dr. MeSweeny,sub deacon, ‘There was a powerful choir eagaged for ihe occasion who sang Schmidt's Mass, No. 5, in two sharps, in a very effective manner, THE ARCHBISHOP'S SERMON. At the usual period in the services the Archbishop ascended the pulpit and proceeded to preach wis farewell sermon, He selected his text from the second chapter of Mark and third verse, on which he spoke as tollows:— BELOVED BRETHREN—We can all enter Into the feel- ings of the muutude who were filed with admira- tion of the miracle ot the deaf and dumb man being restored to nearing and to speech, This 1s a proof of the power of the Divine Being whom you see going around among you doing good, and she multitude could not withhold the expression of their admiration, nor the expression of that beau- ful and almost inspired eulogy which in thac moment they pronounced—“He hath done all things weil; He hath made both the dumb to speak and the deaf to hear."? Still they viewed this and all other miracles which they had seen purely ma satural and human light. They failed to perceive or to understand the deeper meaning and the more hidden efficacy, from which im truth all their high- est excellences and sublmities were derived; and they even but jitt e understood the full significance and appropriateness of theirown words when they said, “He hath done all things weil.’ Dearly be- jovea brethren, He, that divine and blessed Saviour, bach done all things well, For ibis was He sent on earth, that He might do the sie Will of His Father in heaven. For this was He sent, that He mignt “make the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak." For this was He sent on earth, that He might hea! on every side, not only the miirmities and diseases of tne human body, but the far more fatal and far more serious diseases and in- tirmities of the immortal soul. “He hath done all things well,” not in one time or in one place, or for one country or for one people alone, but “He bata done al) things well” Jor ali nations and for all peo- pies and for ail times. The periect work which He came to do He still carries on—carries on even in the midst Of Us—carries on everywhere throughout the world. Stilis He making the deaf to hear and ‘the dumb to speak; still is He working miracies, if Bot upoR the hodies at jeast upou the souls of men; still is He acting upon their souls and sali speaking with an unfailing, clear and em- phatic vowe unto the nations and unto tne till is He doing good—‘domng alt thing: el Where and wea, and how; in the Cu which He has established; through the sacraments which He has instituted; through the mumsiry which He has consttuted and ordained. In the sacraments of His Church He still, even as in the e of thig day, uses outward forma and material things seen by the eye a ug and appealing to the sense: Yet at the saine time and in the same nroment vy His miraculous power He operates muracies and thereby shows His mercy and goodness unto man. What was It you received in baptism’ Your eyes were opened to the precious light of fait that beauteous light was made to shine around who had heretolore stood in darkness. Your ears were also opened to listen to, believe and obey the irutns of God’s holy revelation and the teachings of tne Churc! And | enauce, What was done in your soul— those souls which were sick and covered with moral jeprosy—dead, dead to the love of grace? ‘Those souls Were cieansed from this leprosy, raised trom death and restored most wonderfully and effe tuaily to spiritual itfe, And in the holy eucharist, ong JOUTHey UNH it reach the mount trengtacn youfor the great battle of » and enable you te sustain the violence of the cont h you are calied to overcome and secure your crown, What are these but miracies dally periorimed by that same Divine and loving Saviour in the Church, who *doeth ali things well, making the deaf®o hear and the dumb to speak ? Aud He, too, speaking h ap ever loving and e infallible voice in the Ch through the ministers ous Ue has appointed, so that you are never witb- des to go by, by listening to whom and whom you are sure you stall not be led aud shail uot be carmed astray. men, as there are, who do not re- giving sacraments because they do sare those who sti can recog. ing but toat outward —nothing but some cutward manifestatiou of Divine power, and see not tae hidden efficacy that 1 beneath, this t a! w r wor and would uot obey: even He e who hear ared that t * would come and that scan dal would corm fle by bis own words ine words of his Apostles has prepared to know that there » who wonid r Would be the Z u array their human un- wisdom of God; who, Vv wise, would, in fact, become ‘ning ears Would be turned aside uth as given by God, and follow after the and fables of men, Stull, tt was ever to re- are not and ! ethooghis of men, It ever to re- main true tha an uiderstanding mast bring liself Into Obedieave under the voke af faith, and not that faith will bring itself into suvjection or bo w down to the human understanding. 1t will always we true, ttt blewted are the poor rather ‘ban the rick: biessed are the weak and Mumole rather than the proud; blessed are the peacemakers, rather than’ the wrang- Jers and sowers of discord and war. are not, t tae or our copfidence inthe power of God's Church to be in any Way diminished, because of heresies abroad and devils abroad and scandals abi vad, it may be on every mde. Yet such is the wonde ‘Tul working d, orour faith to be weakened, of God's providence that even out of these great brought forth evils He has at a signal good, ! times great aud tions arose pr a glorious host of dof the martyrs became the martyrs, and the bio seed of the Church, And when herestarche arose — filled r oWn understandings and conceit, s¢ champions of te troih were aroused to show the truth in stil greater — briliiac and beauty; to show forth all boat was exceitent and holy and divine, and to setule more permanentiy, to define more sharply aud cleariy, the means by which 1, was he decided and distinguished trom error, and so side by side with the gre had gneh great heresies which sprang up we ore of the Charch to combat shem as an Athannsius, # Bastl, a Gregory and a Chrysostom, Aiterwaras, when’ corrapuon spread in men’s hearts and tiey perver Heir jives, aude ny side with this sad and lamentabie spectacie were Uese heroie effarts—the most signal oxemplifiea- tlons ot irae virtue, purity and holiness, 1 allude to tie Meh abd Women living on the earth even the of angels, refusing honore and pleasures that hey might mortfy their flesh and preserve it om all evils and conenpiscenc: So. that a every me, under every calamity, in every dang in every emergency of the Ahuteh Cheest was with her, speaking at ove Cine ihore loudly, more distctly than another; soliciines with greates, again with lesser author j under ordinary eircurmelances teaching men by Volccs of the pastors appointed o them; then aguln ebeaking 6 then in a more solemn manner by the volce of Lis appointed Vieat on earth. few, nF sera days-—lier poutilts and bishops, pr from very portion of the worid, re- hures as spread throughout % With amore solemn empharis and with a tr ance on the promise that Christ was with her—vw)iat was ine truth of God, as distin guished from the innovations and errors of mant What was the true me n bad to prac: hice W pOINEMENL Was i tas world, de to mest col n eas of the individual, tn ine ty at iarge Ant then, sof tne Church were set tovchy to awe in thelr yarious Ppoor—for charity covereth a multitude of sins. You Sustain those mstitutions which have risen up sure to announce to you, even tn these parting ——$<$<$<$<— tntervais of ume, with @ distinctness and with a precision, and with a learning that has been the ad- ration ‘of all ages after and is still now. The dogmas especisily which had been attacked—the morality waich had been weakened—the laws of discipline which had been overthrown—all these bled by these councils, questions were se! ‘Three hundred yeara have passed since the world has been made witness of one of taese great author- Itative august solemn assemblies of the Church. The last, as you know, was the great Council of Trent, whip which unc, even upon the teati- mony of Protestant historians, was gathered together @ phalanx, @ galaxy, of eminent, pious, learned and able men such as the | worl perhaps, had never seen before assembi together in any other Couucil deliberating on what concerned the integrity of the taith and the preservation of the peace and the unity of tme Caure! Since then new errors have arisen; new sects are multiplying day by day arou d herestes more dangerous than those before, yet a’ having their origin in those errors and heresies which were 90 empaatically condemned by the great Council? of Trent, of which I have spoken. The errors. of the present day attack not simply special tratns, special dozmas of the revelation. but they avack the whole system of Christianity; ther alm at over- throwing the whole work of Carist on earth; at de- Jeating the end for which He was sent, if that were possible; to bring abvut confusion and anarchy tn society, In view of thus and those evils which threaten and aMict the Church the Vicar of Christ has again saummoued from all the churches of the earto his ponuils to meet once more tn sovereign council. whose work will be like to those who went before them—to condemn new errors and heresies which have arisen, to denue clearly those great truths which have beeu cailed in doubt and to provide for a reiornation of morals, for @ greater observation of ecclesiastical law ant discipline, and for the welfare and peace of the Church as weil as for the sanctification of souls, It ia not our work or province, beloved brethren, to speculate, as we see 80 many around us doing. as to what this Counc is going w do, what are the ques- tions they will discuss or determine, what will be 1's resnits on the church aad on civil society. That is only for the future, to be Known in its own due time, This much only we do know, and of this mach: we are well assured, that Christ is in His Church, that he will provide tor the protection of lus faith and cat He whl give whatever ald is necessary to secare her in the mission in which she is engaged, and that now in this day as in ail days past ‘He will do all tmngs well. This dnger will be there. His flat will be as powerful as ever, and still the deaf will be made to hear and the auind to speak. Another wors is before you. beloved brethren, marked out by the Vicar of Christ himselt; that 3s, that during all the days when the v!snops of your Church suali be asse abled together you engage in prayer. That 1s your first great duty every day, to bow before the altar of God and pray that He way be pleised to remove all the tls with wich the church ts aflicied. and to still more provide for the unity of Christendom, for the triumph of toe trata and the smrit of Christ within our heart, taat the erring and wavering may be bronght back within the fold and that truth and virtue and probity and honor and charity and piety and ul! taat can conduce to the greater giory of God, to the exaltation of His holy Church and to the salvation of man may be effected. But, as the Holy Father tells you, that tor your prayers to be acceptable in the sight of God, they must be offered up with clean hands and pure hearts. Sin 13 an aoomination in the sight of God. The heavy calamities that have visited the Church from age to age no doubt have been visitations on her ungraceful children, You must retura to God by penarftee tf you would have vour prayers beard, anil im order to encourage and stimulate youmore to this tmportant work of conversion, he has openei out again to you thes spirituat treasures of which Christ hath said, “fo thee I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven," and by virtue of these keys he opens those treasures to you that you may be able 10 meet more fully every evil and eyery obstraction. YOu have to aid alms deed You have to give charity to the have to take care of the orpnan and the widow and the poor aud attlicted, which will avall you much, And a3 many months may elapse betore it will ve again my privilege to addreas you in ths sacred Place, it 18 right that [ should exhort you, evea in advance, to persevere in these works of rity. among you forthe suffering poor. It ts my plea- hours, that a new Work 1s aboutto be or will ve commenced ina few weeks or months. Its ovject i to take care of deaf mutes—those whose tongues are not loosened to sing the praises of God but who, at least through another language, may be enabled vo prove tne fulfilment of the promise that “He hata done all things well, wakinz the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak.’ J recommend to you this new pro- ject. Itake this occasion of returning my thanks to you for your generous contributions to the new cathedral, and to say # will be to me a joy and con- Solation to lay the offerings I have received from you at the Holy Father's feet and to ask for you ail his Pontifical benediction. And 1 myself will hum- bly kneel atthe shrine of the Apostle Peter and ot Paul and pray for you and your homes, your chiid- ren and iamilies. that God may bess you all, and Uhat yon may enjoy His good and perfect work and that you may increase in holiness, virtne and every goodness, I do most earnestly and sincerely ask and pray your fervent pravers forme. During the delivery of his sermon the Archbishop was listened to With profound anention by the comgregation. Cl'URGH OF THE REFORMATION Our Debt to Christ—Sermon by Rev. Abbott Brown. At the Church of the Reformation, Protestant Episcopal (Low rch), On Fiftieth street, between Second and Turd avenues, but a small congregation assembied yesterday morning to attend divine ser- y:ce and listen to the word of God. After the usual morning service, after the prescribed order m the Book of Common Prayer, followed by the service ordained as mtrodnetory ‘o communion, it being the first Sunday in the month. Rey. Apbott Brown, pastor of the church, an- nounced the text of his sermon to be the first sentence of the second verse of the fifth chapter of the Acts of the Aposties—*'And kept back part of the price.” This was said of acertam man named Ananias, in the days atter Pentecost, when the out pouring of the Spirit had sanctified the first begin- nings of Christ's Church on earth. In those days the Aposties id the behevers in Christ enjoyed all things in common. Soon after the discipies had as- sembled and thetr hearts were opened in devotion to the Lord they were bound together hy one com- mon love, This gives rise to fit thoughts for us to- day, Aswe assemble around the table of the Lord to-day to partake of the bread and wine in com- memoration of the Holy Supper of Christ we should extend the hand of fellowship vo ail and be united to ail in one common love of Christ. in those early days the multitude of Christ's Church had but ove heart and soni wniuing all. Principles are everlasting, though the pracuces may change. Christ's love is tolay the same as it was ihen, and must show ildelf now aa it did im those days. The Y adopiion of community of inter- hings temporal and for the cause of of the early Charch at Jerusalem, we have it related that there were rich and poor; but not 40 at Jerasaiem. This prac- tice Was probably based on the manner in whieh e th the Aposties, sharing with them ail things in common. This practice Was not in- ended that wt should be general and perpetuated, as it muat governed by circumstances. Th reverend speaker taen gave the history of Ananias, When he sol sseasions he brought but a part of the price to the service of the Church and kept yack and his wife was privy to this dis. He represented to Peter that what te ht was all he had received, and he thus at- mpted to deceive bis fellow men. in this he was guilty of hypocrisy, as he wished to obtain the praises of men, though knc wing he did not deserve them. It be HLONs aet be was guilty of dissiraniation t service of love; (here was no leg: bondage: he was at liberty to part i his consetence promp' ‘The sin was not in retaintog part, not the withhold: ing; but the unprincipled hypocrisy of pretending that he had given This was @ sin, not towards bis Teliow men only, but towards the Church of Christ, as he tried to deceive the Searcher of Hearts, to whom ail things are know; Thou has not lied unto men, but unto God,” raid Peter, He who created man, body and soul, knows all, Some think jo vain to conceal their evil deeds, lide in secre, places aud seek the darkness, might; but to Om- nisclence alt things are opened and revealed. Peter Was not slow to detect te sin, aud as soon a8 Ana- nias heard the acensations of Pever “he fell down and wave up the ghost’? There was another element of sin in the deed of Apanias. Being partial in his wt be was niggardly, and besides hypocrisy he be- frayed covetrousness, whict 18 idolairy, and which is also condemned, To attempt a half-way service of God was impossible; to indulge in a spirit of cov- elLousness is idolatry; to serve God and man Christ sald We cannot do. Here the re quoted copiously from the New Te ferred to the instantaneous wile a@ proof of al character of Chriat's injunctions, We > draw wood jesKons from this, W great obligation vo fod and should pay the full price, and hold vack no part of it, God tlemands of us 48 a service obedience, @ whole- hearted determination to abandon all . This Sole may be hard service, and ihe pleasures of @ holy life may seem to be dearly bought, But our debi Wo God 13 a reality and we are bound toit. We cannot discharge tt until our faith is full in Christ, and {lis @ light burden and a free service to those Who see in Curist all satisfaction, aud we all shonia love to obey Him, because Jesus first loved us. Rey, Mr. Abbott closed his sermon by reciting that beau fal bynn, beginning with, “Since Ihave known our Saviodr’s name. CHORCH OF WOUNT ZION. ‘The Trae Midnight Cry—Sermow by Bishop S. Ss. Snow, The Messenger of God, the Rey, 8 8, Snow, preached yesterday afternoon wt the University, Washington square, taking as his subject “The True Midnight Cry.” The reverend gent'@man took as his text the sixth verse of tho twenty-firth chapter of St. Mavihow:—*And at midnight there was a cry made, behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.” The preacher reminded his the words of Wie text hearers that formed a part of NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1869. the parable of the ten virgins, ‘and that the parable had either been fulfilled in the past or would be fulfilled in the future, as nove of the words of Christ could fall tothe ground. He should attempt to shew that the had been fulfilled, The speakerelatmed that the statements of so-called teachers of reli who stated that the parable had reference to the destruction of Jeru- salem, were but nonsense and blindness, The pas sage referred to the second advent of Jesus Cnrist, and in support of this statement Mr. Snow read the context, making expositions thereof ag he went along. Christ, he said, was the bridegroom spoken of, as St. Paut had aeciared in one of his epistles. The virgins represented that class of men who ex- pect Christ's second coming, and their lamps repre- sented the doctrine which they had drawn fro tbe Word of God, The time forthe coming of Christ was fixed. Who ever heard of s wedding being annonneed without some time heing appointed; and so with the marriage of the Lamn, the time had peen Axel and aiso proclaimed, There had been a class of preachers who spoke of Christ's secon! comiag, Had his hearers ever heard of Millerismy? He that had cailed him (\{r, Miller) to that work ha instracted him as tothe time tixea. Bat people said the day was fixed and the second advent did not come to pass. In auswer to this remark tne preacher would reply that if men added to God's words the Almighty would see proper to reprove them by proving them to be lara, These men preacher the burning up of the eartn, and Goa never called any man, not even Maller, to preach the Ifte- ral, materia) burning of this world, He called men to preach the coming of Christ and the end of the world, but not as to the manner of that .ending. Wonld — bis —hearera know the ending of the word if they saw it. He doubted it, as the end of tne world was simply the end of time and of the present age, The folly of the fovtish vir- gins, or adventists, in the year 1343, consisted im the Tact (hat they tank the truch of God in their heads, bot not the spirit of God in thelr hearts. The re’ erend ventieman then proceeted to e the cor. rectness of the calculations of the Milevites as to the time of Christ's adveat, claiming, however, that their error lav in the fact that the premises apon which their figures were based were incorrect. He then real severa) pags from a book which gave & sketch of nis labors a3 an advent preacher, and showel that na ca'cvations fixing the time of the advent in the month of Oetober, iS44, were trne and correct, and mm couctusion claimed that Chrise’s second advent did aciually take piace at the date he had fixed, THIRTY*FOURTH STREET REFORM:D CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Fehrma s = Tho attendance at the Reformed Dntch church in Tiurty-fourth street was somewhat limited yester- day, The usual services commenced at half-past ten o'clock, Subsequently the Rev, Mr. Fehrman preached a sermon, taking his text from the four- teenth chapter of St. Luke, and part of the eighteenth verse—‘And they atl went with one con- sent and began to make excuse.” The opportunity was offered by our Lord to make known everywhere the teaching of his masion, Whenever and wherever he discovered evil He Jost no time in re- buking it, They had an instance in the Gospel read of the Lord’s course on such occasions, He had been imvited by a man who was a Pharisee, on the Sabba' and while there engaged iu partaking of this meal He mad? known the true character of hosmitality and the responsibility and duty of those who tnvite and of those who are invited to such a supper. It was at that table the parable was spoken. By the parabie it was con- veyed that the kingdom of God should be offered to others of Jess note than those invited; that the Jew- ish peeple for whom it was especially prepared should be thrust aside aud would not be permitted to enter the house, But there was also another meaning attached to the parable, one of more spirit- ual signification and having a wider range of appli- cation. What was meant by it was that the great teacher Jesus Christ, through His Church as the mea- senger, foes out to cali men everywhere to attend to the voices and bids them prepare for the great feast of grace which God has prepared, He bids men to repent of their sins and seek the bdiessings of the Redeemer. The privilege is represented by the great supper and the invitation 18 sent out by the Church through its min- isters. Yet though this cail be ever so faithful, ever so continuous, ever so simple. ever so intelligent, there were those who becan to make excuses. fhe Church bade them to partake of the precious repast of grace, but they came not. The reverend gentle- man then proceeded to dilate upon the many classes ol ignorance, who through ignorance, pretence, love ot the world or indifference made their excuses when summoned to attend to their religious duties, ‘The moralist. for instance, said he was honest, that he tried to be and tried to live at peace with atl; moreover, that he elieved in the Bible and ‘hat he felt content, and that under such circumstan: he must be excused. Neverihe- Jes3 he acted contrary to the precepts con- tained in the Bibie, since he preferred his own ideas in preference to the teaching of the Church; for the Bible denied the efficacy of man alone. ‘Then there was the business man, Who con- tended that his duties and engagements were so im- rtant that they occupted his entire attention, There was no blame attached on account of the sabor liself, bat there was in his refusal; for he was undty engaged, In the grace offered in the Gospel there was to be found a treasure which was never corrapt, and which man could never take away. It offered a security against the world. ‘here was a race offered that prepared not only for days of eulth, but for days of sickness—a grace that light- ened op the dark shadow of the valley of death. Morever there were the votaries who preferred reing occupied with the pleasures of the world to at- tending to the call of the Church. There was, how- ever, a delight in obeying the law of God that was unaccompanied by regret. In the evening the Rev. Mr. Febrman preached another sermon before a large congregation. ELEVENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. Charles B. Smyth. While other professed preachers of the gosyel, worn out In vain political babblings and the dreary squabbles of the sects are away in (he mountains or by the sea seeking to recuperate their wasted strength, Rev. Charles B. Smyth, faithful to the last, depending not on nature or hunting or fishing for his tnspiration or his strength, but finding both in the great truths of which heis the teacher and the great zeal with which he sets about teaching them, still stands fast by his gans on Zion's hill, dropping his red hot shot In the eamp of the Philistines or the conventicles of recalcitrant saints, mapping out the sphere of woman or propping ap the cross with equal confidence, and administering chastise- ment to # metropolitan journal with one hand while patting it with the other, in # manner at once mys- Verious and sublime, Hear him as he discourses upon the following words from Paul's Epistle to the Corinthians, second chapter and second verse— “For I determined not to know any thing among you save Jeans Christ and him erncitied,? The doe. irine of Christ erucited, said the preacher§ tad never been universally popular, e«pectally when tuat doctrine had been tanght in tts purity, agit was in tue w Testament, Many seemed to read it as though it were repugaant to reason and revelation. The trith was it was too lofty in its character for the inteliect of man thoroughly to appreciate. it looxed too humbling for his pride to admire. To the Jews it was @ sturabting block and to the Greeks foolishness, So it was to many at the present day, Yet both then and now it was the power of God to all them that believed. ‘This was the great trath which Christ recognized as the Means of subjecting the world to Him, {-waa the doctrine which Hts Apostles carrled torth wherever they went to preach. It was the great doctrine for the spreading and reviving true religion tn all parts of the world. His hearers were aware, said the Speaker, that there was an organization m the world. which prided itself im hav- ing for ite founder one of the Apostie: and now for its earthly heack His successor, the vice- regent of Christ upon earth. It is an organization that teaches that no man has a right to bring his own judgment to the interpretation of Scripture. It waa true that in the Chured of Rome the doctrine of the text was found, but tt was Ike a pearl be- neath a heap of rupbish. It was there, and ff we sould only fear away the rubbish that nas been heaped upon tt century after centary, the pearl of great price would be found, Nevertheless the Church of Rome acted as if she were determined fo know everything among you save Jesus Christ and Him erneified, And the Chore of Kome Was not alone in this res snere were those who were disposed to give all importance to sacraments; rs WhO Were given to scientific or wathetic teach- letermined, in tact, to know everything save Jesuk Christ and fii crucified. They were wont to take up their time with mere political questions, or With questions of @ social nature; ad for instance, Woman's rights. Only two or three days ago in the West there was a convention presided over by ® Very respectable Doctor of Divinity, formerly of t city—an intelligent, pious, godly’ man, It was astonishing what fools just such godly inen would Make of themecives in regard to these questions. What conclusion do you suppose they come to fg the resuit of that mecting? Why it was decided that women should have the right to speak and teach 1m the Church of Christ, and that they should have the right to exercise all the rignta of the Chris tian minister. That was the actiou of the Presbyte- rian Church, Now, when Preshyteriantam has come to tli, what may he expected of the pest of the world? Whi, the firsi great right of woman ts to be married ; the kecond is to bear chiidren; the thira to guide her house honestiy: and to give no occasion for any one to #peak reproachtully of her t# her fourth great right, as laid down by the Apoatie Paul himself.” These, and a few more like these, make up all the rights tnat women have, ‘These are all that every sincere and true woman who cares for herself and her sex wishes to have, TH, 100, IF SCON AN ivstration of the tendency of those in and of the Church to know everything elae save Jesus Chriat and him creed, ww a necessary to know nothing save Jesus Ohriat and Him crocified, first, becanse that waa the only way of salvation; and, second, beranae jt showed that the knoWledge of Christ was fundamental knowledge: (hat it was universal Knowledge ina nut shell In it was hid, then, all the treasures of wisdom and knowiedge, Everything worth naving or knowing wae found gTowimny ont of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, 1 read, suid the speaker, in one of the leading io reference to part was spoken Of as a failure, and in the latter part it rien ee it was nota hao bata eo NM not understand the article un! secon reading, and thea I concluded that the meani! was this:—Protestantism, viewed from an ecciesi- astical standpoint, was a failure; Protestantism, looked at with regard to its grand principles, was @ certainly. It waa never meaut to ue. freat uuided cert . It was never mneant to be & ecclesiastical system, Yet the power of = Pro- testantism was so great that it was ac- knowledged in this same article that it was Protestantsing the Koman Catholic Churck, and wherever human advancement was reatest and human liberty the most secare, the Pro- testant religion was the dominant force. re no better evidence of the success of Protestantism than for a man who stands at the head of the news Nterature of the country, looking over the rogress of the world. and taking in at a glance the whole aspect of human affairs, to make the admis- sion that Protestantism has eated society wher- ever society 18 most advan: and is even prrmese ing Romani tteelf, But what is the leading doc- irine of Provestantism? What is leading doctrine for preaching which Lather was hunted like a part- rilge upon the mountains? It was the doctrine of the text—the doctrine of salvation, by faith in # crue ecified Redeemer in opposition to tac Romish doctrine of jntification by works, . WEST FORTY-SECOND STREET PAcSBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. D. A. Brigg. At half-past seven o’clock last evening the above named church was literally packed with people to listen to the discourse of Rev. D. A. Brigg, who took for his text the words found in the sixth verse of the flitteenth chapter of Genesis, The discourse was on the relation of faith to daily life and work, and its importance as a help in the divine life. He said the most Important and fandamental jee of faith were found exemplified in the ife of him who was justly termed the “Kather of the faithful.” The Apostie Paul in the Epistle to the Heorews, showed how, by faitn, Abraham left the land of his birth and set out for the land which Goa had given him. How, by fab, he overcame all the dillculties of his journey; how, by faith. he overcame ail the jealousies and strife attending his sojourn in that land and in the Exzypuan court, and how his faith was severely test by the con- mand of God to offer up nis only son asa sacrifice on the altar. The character of Abraham, trusting as he aid with a childlike confidence io his God, and pleading with Him for the salvation of his fellow man, is an example of the faith which we should exercise, and was one of the noblest recorda in the bistory of the world of the firm reliance of the human soul upon the promises of God. In this phase of his character, a5 in his remarkabie patience and firm adherance to trnth, he was a ye of whe God-man Christ Jesus, whom he resembied in @ lesser degree, God was to him what Jesus 1s to us, ever waichful over our best Incerest aud merci- tl, lenient m our weakness and fatlings. The promises of God to Abraham were un- doubtedly the basis of all his future deal- ings with mankind, The preacher then went on to describe faith as @ living tie that binds hu- manity to God. By it, and by it alone. could the deep shadow of the valley of aeath, through which all mankind must pass, be bridged, and by its sub- lime influence the believer, even in thia world, might possess a foretaste of the everlasting blessedness which awaits the followers of the truth. He closed with an eloquent exhortation to all present to cultt- vate toe faith ia the atoning blood of our Saviour. — THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD. Activity Existing In the Establishment—In- crease in the Namber of Workmen, The Brooklyn Navy Yard now presents an air of activity and business which would remind the visitor of the halcyon days of war at this station, when work was not scarce and the price of labor high—when all who were so fortunate as to clude the conscription had not far to go in order to obtain profitable employment in the government service, without running any risk of personal or bodily harm. The Navy Yard, which has ever been an asylum for industrious patriots of a mechanical turn, and even for clever laborers, fell into odium, how- ever, with hundreds of its former habitués whose names were stricken from the pay rolls in accordance with instructions of the gov- ernment regulating and providing for a more economical measure of expenditure in the Navy Department, as soon as practicable upon the termination of the war. Gradually the host of em- ployés, dumbering at one period fnily 6,000, was reduced, and the average number of men in the various divisions of labor during the past year has not beeu more than 1,200. Now, however, the department appears to have deen roused into life and activity, aud to be determined upon amending the errors of the past by the exercise of future care and cireumspection. The new measure, wnich has been productive in increasing the demand for addi- tdonal workmen here—the number engaged at present being 2,550—1s the direction re- cently given by the Secretary of the Navy to Admiral Godon to fit out several vessels, wittch have heretotore been lying (out of erder) in ordinary at the yard, so that they can be placed in commission In twenty-four hours’ notice whenever requisition may pe made for théir services. When a vessel comes tn from a cruise for the future and goes out of commission she will be immediately surveyed by @ boura of officers, whose duty it whl be to report the repairs required, which latter will be perfected as soon as practicable before placing her in ordinary. ‘This precaution will, it is belleved, do away with the dificulty and expense heretofore occasioned through neglect im thus reply very simple though highly important precaution, ie demand for an tereasé of the squadron in Cuba last spring was 2 great incentive towards pointing out the necessity for tha timely precaution, there being po Vessels available at any of the navy yards tor imme- diate departure and active service at that time, The Salem, which went into commission at Ports- mouth, N. H.. early in April, after being hurriedly botched, Was the first to aailas a reinforcement to the squadron in the West India waters, She barely escaped shipwreck on the passage to Hampton Roads, being totally unseaworthy for want of re- pair, and is now out of commission and lying at the Gosport (Va.) Navy Yard, VESSELS UNDERGOING REPAIRS, ‘The ships undergoing repairs here are as fo!lows:. ‘The Severn (hitherto known as the Mothotn), first rate, carrying an armawent of sixteen nine-inca yuns in baticry and @ sixty-pounder pivot gun on her spar deck, is iitting for the West Indies, She will fly the pennant of Aamiral Poor, who will relieve Admiral Hom and the Contoocook on that station, The latter vessel, Which has been in commission about fifteen inonths, wil reture to New York, The Severn wail sail, itis thought, abont the latter end of August The Swatara isin the dry dock, A duplex pro- peiler is being pluced on ber and a poop deck aft added to her, Her rg, heretofore that of a light sparred bark, is being altered to a sbip rig. The steam Irigate Colorado is also being put in thorougn repair, The Detroit, better Known as tie Canandaigua, is repuiriuug. he double tarreted tron-clad steam sloop-of-war Roanoke 13 also about to be generally overhauled @nd repaired, Work has been commenced on the steam irigate Hartford, which vessel made her lase cruise tn the Chima waters; on the Wachu:ett, Whose last Voyage was in China, and the Minnesota, steam frigate, which returned irom the European squadron about a year ago. Tue Florida (formerly the Wampanoag), the Ari- zona (late Neshaimmy) and the Tennessee (late Madawaska), allof which are very large steamers, are also repairing, the Tegnessee has had two boliers taken out of her, reducing the pumber to six. ‘The Algonqu'n failure, which the Navy Depart- ment holds for sale at her assessed valuation— $55,000—is yer at the yard awaiting a purchaser, ‘Lhe Shawmut, steam sloop-of-war, is repairing out- side and in. Her outer planking, which 13 all rotten, is being taken oi and replaced by sound timbers. The sidewheel steam sloop-of-war Powhatan (the old fagahip of the Perry expedition to Japan im 1652), which has been three years in service in th Paciic, how under command of Commodore M Dougal, 18 on her way home, This vessel was the flagship of Admiral Turner, of the Pacific squad- ron, until the consolidation of the North and Soutit Pacific squadrons took piace. COMMANDER OLITZ, late captain of the Bkawnee, of the South American squadron, i on daty in the Ordnance Department ab this station, POLITICAL INFLUENCE AT A DISCOUNT. Considerable annoyance 14 occasioned to the Ad- miral, Commander Benham and other ofticers of tac Navy Yard by the constant and annoying importu- nities of dockyard eae who seek to make use of the positions of government officers by obtain- ing for their constituents or “triends” work tn the yard, These ofictais desire it to be anderstood that they will not entertain such influences, that they Are onicers of the government wnd not of any party, ‘They take but little interest in party affatrs and are not to be influenced im any way whatever by such induences, having no inters Ot stake beyond thove which will best serve the interests of the zov- ernment. An honorable discharge from the army or navy t4 @ far stronger recommendation for an applicant for employment (han any politician's note at CAN possibly be presented, preference being always given to the man who haa served the coun- try in time of war, provided that person 18 quali- fed in alt other respects to perform the work re quired by the government, Sunday on Board the United States Receiving Ship Vermont. The Vermont. now lying in the Brookiym Navy Yard, has been for many years the “receiving #hip” at this port for the United States Navy. There are @ present 400 wen on board awarting orders to join whatever vessels they may he ordered to by the Navy Department, The routine of duties and the discipline on board the Vermont correapond, of course, in almoss every particniar, with those on board any ordinary war vessel, No account of these duties ts, therefore, necessary, 4 Sundar on board tue Vermont ts, however, widely ‘on board the Vermont is about 400, ‘These different in many respects fram one on board » man- Of-war on & naval station, and yesterday may be con- sidered @ fair sample of the way in which the day 1s passed om board this ship. In the firat place, none of the men are allowed to leave the Navy Yard on Sundays. The ordinary wotk-day round of duties on board the Vermont is altogether suspen‘ted, ee — hepinerd duty ber the officers on watch. rest and of wi wi & ; a oerere biti! be considered 4g rest rather alabor. A portion of the Sunday is therefore on the Vermont Me's ‘hail ase fours and breakfast ‘ae the i ur al early four of five. crm een five and ten, the men ti they can, generally ia no amusements of a class ¢! a suited to the solemnity of theSab! being allowed. fen aa at Pra tas eaten ai tol ci wol AS bas reviol 7 . the number of men men are of different religious denominations, a very large majority of them being Catholics, The services Episcopal Churcly ‘and: inseorote harms rel comformit with the spirit of Atuericéa snattatia whlcn allows every man t Worship to the dic- Lates of nis conscience, attendance at Suaday services 18 not Yesterday morning t compulsory. there were, inciuding the “officers, about sixty of the pups crew present at the service, besides nine ladies and six civilt who had received permia- gion to attend, a who were the prin- vocalists on the occasion. Permission to attend the services on board the Vermont is ranted, provided application is made in advance m some church organization. On the second deck & nual! oper space had been appropriated for a temporary chapel, with, however, suitictent room between the 8] Separating tne large guns for all the crew had they desired to attend. ‘The Rev. 8. W. Dorrence, the chaptain of the snip, oMciated, and if there was none of the ela to be witnessed in the fashionable churches of the city, there was an evi- dence among the small band of ‘hardy seamen who were present of @ genuineness of devotion rarely geen among the perfumed and elaborately dressed frequenters of the stately churches of the fashiona- ble avenues of ‘the city. A small harmonium, at which @ Jady voluntanily presided, discoursed masic which, under the circumstances, was to the thinking mind as inspiring ‘as that of the peals of the eat oO) of some vast cathedral pile. The services over, the sailors joined their comrades, who were reading or talking on the deck. Though the great majority of the men, not being Episcopalians, had not been pres- ent during the services, the utmost quiet and order were maintained by them. Many of them employed the time tn reading the books of devotion of their own religious faith, And here the subject of “Sunday on the Vermont” may be digressed from for a moment to speak of one intimately connected with it—that 18, the religious denominations of the crew and of their op- portunities ior practising tueir own forms of belief, Of the whole number of men in the United states Navy not more than one-fourth, in the opinion of one of the olficers of the Vermont, wo has been twelve years in the service, are of Amert- can birth. Of the others, the larger proportion are Irish; but there is hkewise a very much larger num- ver of Germans than 18 generally supposed. Tne Irish sailors have usually seen service in the English mercantile (and some of them in the naval) marine and tne German sailors in the mercantile marine of North Germany. Neariv all the satlors of Irish and a majority of those of German extraction om the Vermont are Catholics, and due provision is made for their re- ligious wants. The Rey. Father Friel, of Sydney Place church, Brooklyn, 18 the visiting Catholic chaplain of the Vermont. He usaally makes his visits on Thursdays, and is ministrations are very largely attended. » ‘There still remains another class, the negroes, of whom there are about thirty employed as servants on the recetving ship, At ten o'clock yester- day morning they repaired for religious worship to quarters assigned them for that purpose on the *‘cob’’ dock, near the ship. The ser- vices were according to the form prescribed by the Methodist, Church (white), Captain Cnotters, former- Ha of the Army of the Potomac, officiating as ‘chap- in. The remainder of the day was spent by the men of the Vermont in reading, conversation and in loung- ing in unwitungly picturesque groups about the deck, Here lay a brawny seaman asleep by an im- mense 100-pound Parrott gun, and there, seated by a parte, was a youth deep in the absorbing story o1 he “Headless Horseman.” All was quiet and re- pose, 4 calm Sabbath hush pervading the whole scene, YACHTING. Cruise of the Atlantic Yacht Club—Fine Sail to Stonington—Another Regatta to Come Om, STONINGTON, August 1, 1369. The stilinese which pervades the harbor and its surroundings is unbroken by apy sound of Life upon the yachts, which stir not in the cam and placid waters. The fleet looks as itdid this day week at the charming anchorage of Glen Cove—pretty, pic- turesque and quiet, Most of the captatns are spend- ing the day on shore, visiting friends, their gailant Uttle marine steeds resting, a8 it were, after the lively contests in which they have been engaged. The run from New London was « most agree- able one, the yachts keeping well together the entire time. Thongh short, the distance being oniv some twelve miles, it was quite an inter- esting display. As the most of the yachts were in company quite @ lively conversation was kept up the entire way. Jokes and repartee went freely forth, and aitogether the time was'spent most ple; antly. As previousiy mentioned the signal to depart from New London was given trom the Commodore's yacht shortly a(ter four o'clock, The Neet quitted the harbor with regret, leaving many sincere friends vehind, ‘The South Hammock, which was nearly proving a disastrous spot on the day of the regatta, was rapidly passed, and the feet arrived in Stoning- ton harbor In the following order:— mm Cyrene. 20 Lots. 00) Storm King, Daptine. If should awalung the n hour after tae other yachts had lett the harbor. t was the Mystic approached the feet tn good style, beng favored by a fresh breeze from the northwest. Shortly after eleven o'clock this morning the cle was crowded with a fashionavie assembiage, r with nearly al) the captains. Divine serv A, the Rev. Duryea officiating, A jarge fre vessel, as the sun was mely hot. vie "aC by mach solemnit The reverend genteman preached a very appropriate sermon, Which Was listened to with aevout uttea- tion, At the termmatton Commodore Voorhis enter- tained a numerous party on board. To-morrow morning at seven o'clock the Meet will sail for Newport, where a liearly reception 13 doubt. in store for tue members of the cinh. The yachts Will anchor in the harbor at Newport on Monday night. On Ure following day they will proceed to Bristol, Where a regatia will be he'd on Wednesday, Anoth contest will tai lace between the famous Gracie Sadie, the Madeline and Addie V., while tue Schlooners Mystic and 1 will have another brush for the honors. That between the two last mention is eageriy jooked forward to, as their contest on F day last Was not by any means « criterion of their respective capacities, since the result Was reasonably disputed. 1 is to be hoped that at the regs Wednesday ail the yachts will have a fi tunity vo test their powers in triendly cont Yachting Notes, A race will shortly take place between the yacht Peerless (elIX O'Connor), of the Manhattan Chih, and the Flying Cloud (James F. Morgan), of thus elty for the sum of $1,000, ‘The yachts wl start trom a stakeboat of the grounds of the Manhattan Clab, Sottenvilie, 8. i, and will sail twenty miles to wind- ward, i THE FRAUDS IN THE NEW ORLEANS CUSTOM HOUSE. iFrom the New Orleans Picayune, July 23.) ‘The immense granite structure on Canal street, known New Orleans Custom House, has, of late, attracted the attention of the whole country, and this has not been on account of any architectu- ral peculiarity, but racher because of the transac- i Which have taken place within its spacious walls, ‘The press In all portions of the country has been busy With the frauds perpetrated here, and whe clamors: have increased to such an extent that the government has taken hold in earnest, and the Whole matter we doubt not will now be sifted to the bottom. We have no idea that New Urleans oii- olals and New Orieans merchants are the only cul- Dable parties, the only ones who have detrauded the government, We can say to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, ence aes other places, whose citizens bold up their hands mm horror, “Let him that is withoat sin cast the first stone.” ‘That there haa been fraud scems to be indubitable, and it remains for the jov- ernment fo ferret tt out and punish the guilty par ag closing its eyes persistently as to who they may Common ratmor das it that the ring’ which have Manipulated the customa here and elsewhere em- brace men who occupy exalted positions vefore we World, men Who sitin the highest councils of the nation and have heiped to e laws which the; have been the fest to break. If this be true there are many suspicions circumstances which Would seem to support it—then the axe must be ape plied % prookot tha tree; the branches will dic naturally Investigations of such matters are necessarily #l0W, wod the collection of the evidence must ¢con- sume Inany days; to continue the strile used above, the agents of the goverament mast craw! down the branches before they can met to the roote of this er tree of frand which has been 50 prolific of evi, The community is with the governmené in this Matter on principle, and because Wy is to thelr mter- ext to bea. ‘The eutire sugar interest of Loutsana has sutfered mavartaily by th fraudulent tmportanions have be Jong as the investigations are com ith a view to the punishment of the parties engaged the people here will support te government. 6 FRANCE. The Crisis Bridged Over—The Cabinet=Dige culty im Forming It—Revelution and Revec tionistse, Past and Present—vscbacider and His Dowafall—The Weather—Theatres= - Paria, July 10, 1669, You will learn long before this reaches you that the ministerial crisis is over. The old Ministers have for the most part resumed their places, with the addition of some new men of no great public prominence. The late administration was dissolved chiefly to get rid of the impossible Rouher, and his retirement from the government is regarded as the end of the autocratic syatem and the beginning of the parliamentary régime, Still. the new Cabinet te not regarded as at all permanent. and hence the great difficulty of inducing any one to accept places they will likely be called on ina month or two to vacate. The Senate 1s convoked, a* you know, for August 2, to vote upon the néw organization of the Assembly in conformity with the late propositions of the Imperial message, and one of the immediate re- suits will be the election of new presiding officers by the Assembly. This process will distinctly define the force of parties, and tn harmony with parilae mentary usages, as established by Engiish precedent, the Cabinet must represent the views of the majority. There Is little doubt the Cabinet going into ofMice to-day wouid be acceptable to the majority as it was hitherto constituted, but it remains to be seen what new ingredients will enter int> it. The other day there was a combination of the Left Centre and a portion of the majority, and, as I have explained, which lel to the message and its concessions, and as the movement was initiated by the Left — Centre. a new Cabinet should have been composed of the leaders of thts section, ‘The difficulty, howe ever, presented itself, that the Left Centre was not strong enough in the Assenbiy, cousisting of only fifty members, whereas the majority, pure and sims. ple, was composed of 194 votes. it was, therefore, impracticable for the leaders of the Leit Centre to take office unless they could command the suppors of the ruling majority, and this they now found was not at alt likely. No sooner did the late Cabinet retire before the vemporary com- bination of the majority and the Left Centre than a violent iealousy broke out between the leavers of the two forces, and hence Emile Ollivier aud his fellow chiefs of the Left Centre did not venture to acceps portfoitos tn anv Ministry, for they knew they Would be utterly at the mercy of the majority, who, Might vole against them at any moment and compe! them, according to English usage, to retire from power, You see, then, that nothing else 18 possible at this moment but to patch up a Ministry that wil! cide over the interval till the Assembly meets after the pra- posed changes in the constitution are carried into effect, and then the majority will become once more compact and decide on the men and measures they like best, Whether Emile Ollivier and ms friends will get into ofice then is very doubtful unless the Emperor recommends them earnestly to the major ity, wolch, being devoted to him, will, of course, act on his suggestion, T have heard a great many shrewd people wonder- ing what on earth would have become of us all these last two weeks amid ail the political rampus— this back down of one Cabinet ana the deadlock that delayed the formation of anotner and ali the intrigues and violence that accompanied both—if there had not been a man at the head of the govern- ment whose clear ioteliect and strong will kept eversthing in perfect order. [t 13 generally said that if any of the rulers of France since 1815, whether monarchical or republican. had been in power during the last month we shouid ail now be afloat and in ple/ne revolution. There 18 not the slightest doubt of it, The revolutionary party In France is just as eager and ready nuw to upsec things as they ever were, and Thiers would be more deighted now to lend them his services than he was when he con- sented to overthrow Charles X. and to whistle off Louis Philippe into his final exile in 1843, The men who threw France into revolution tn 1836 and 1848 were not a whit bolder or abler than those who stand al the present moment, torch in hand, to light up another general conflagration, But tuckily for us residing here, and still more fo tunately for those whose property and lives are at stake, they dare not venture on any such rasa experiment, for they know “there 1s a sweet Iittle cheray who sits up aloft,” whom they can neither outmancuvre nor defy with impunity. It is true they may not have on another occasion another Napuleou ill, to see them safely through 8; yet It is a great point accom. plished to discover itis not absolutely necessary to fire off guns and kill no end of people simply be- cause one set of politicians run away and another set jump into their piaces—tor that 1s the whole of it. A singular incident has occurred within the Jast few days so strikingly Wustrative of tne ups aud downs of political life as to be wortn mentioning. £ told you ali about M. Schneider, the President of the Assembly, ina recent letter. Ten days ago he was the manof the situation: now he is abused, reviled and abandoned. The ostensibie cause is that he advised the Emperor to prorogue the Assembly; but the real one ts that the politicians of the Assembly, right and left, are jeatons of Ais tigh cuaracter aud supposed influence with tne Emperor, so Unat they were enchanted to get hold of a pretext to cry him down, and for the moment he 18 nowhere. Every- body is talked of for the Presitent to be elected on the meeting of the Assembly but the hapless Schnet- der, who ts in every respect the best qualitied fur it. I told you he was a representative .f the great manu- tacturing Class rather than a proiessioual politician, and these latter think it best for them thas such # man should not be exercising great political influence and be taken into the confluence of Emperors. As to the suggestion he gave for the temporary prorogation of the Assembiy, nothing could be more judictous under the circumstances, ‘The Ministers had resigned and several days must elap: it was evident, before others couid be found, Besides, the changes resoived on tn whe very organi+ zation of the Assembly, giving {t an entirely new character, rendered it ia every way expedient to order an adjournment for a month, for that will be the extent of the prorogation. ‘Tue Emperor adopied the suggestion of SI. Schneider because he thought it best to get md of the bowtied-up dec.amations of the politicians, whom he knew would 62 too giad to. add to the agitation existing. However, the chance of dealing # heavy blow at the popular schuetder was too good to be thrown away by Wiese cunning politicians, 80 they all untted to raise a hue and cry of mad dog, and for the nonce the men manufacturer is hustled out of sight, He 18 a man, however, of great talents and fine character, aud svouer or jater he will remstate tumsell, The weather has, in imitation, I suppose, of the polinca world, gone into a crisis aiso. 20 ine chilly temperature of dune we have piunged ito tae fiery of avery hot July, and the euvect on the Parisian, native and foreign, has been somewhat similar vo a cry that the revolution had broken out; for there has been a general scumper, All the ladies you ineet are in costumes de voyage, While the men are hurriedly arranging toeir bankers’ accounus for a tong summer's rambie. You hear of nothing since they stopped talking ot the crisis but. Ems, Homborg and Baden-Baden, mure gui peut” is the Universal exclamation, and all who can are flying plenée to the tasmonabvie watering places, “The theatres are for the most, part © and well they may, for if tin more attractive than they are po one would venture in Who Was Not in quest Of a Russian bath, By We way, Ihave neglected, very great dd, givin you an insight Into matters theatrical; but it is al owing to those confounded politicians, who will never keep quiet; but T shall seek in anotner letter fo give you some general idea of Waat has been going on besore amd behind the scenes for the vast th or LWwo. he American world here is ebbing and fowing at it usually does this tine of the y iho residents are hopping away from the tropical sun of this ex- traordimary season, While every steamer from New York brings io a supply of new arriva.s, who hoist therr sun uivrellas and charge heroicaliy at uke ous of Paris, We have had an trruption of some well kdown officiais lately, Governor Curtin was here on bis Way to St. Petersburg. He stopped a day or so to have @ look into the condition of the Transconti- nentai Rarlway, th which his name has been rather too much mixed up, He discovered that a good deat bad been publicly stated that was not true; and how tis is to be arranged to the satistaction of tae too confident ones I don't know. Governor Curun had hetter stick fo diplomacy, and above all avoid entangling alliances with Paris kitefyers, General Scnenck, of Congress, ja here and is very busy.with the wonders of Paris, “He bas ensconced himseit ia & comfortable house a long way from the Grand Howl, and has, evicentiy, uke totention to avoid observation, Out of respect to 80 jandable 2 notion we will let him alone, The sensation of the Week in the way of arrivals is the advent of the uew Minister to Spain, General D. bh. Sickles, with mia aged mother and pretty young daughter on either arm, or, as I should say, on either side, tor hia crutches cngrose hisarma. | hear tne iiant Genéral intends to call ail the legmakers of Jurope into requisition to see if t be not possiple to find an artificial leg that the natural one can pull along. Thos far, it seems every experiment has ended in successive failures, and the idea of being compelied W go crutching It through the rest of bis hife is deeply repugoant to him. We wish the Gene- ral every success in ts hunt after a new leg. The new Minister was called on by all the Americans who heard of his advent, Ue was invited to several dinners, bus such was tus impatience to get to his post that he declined them all with the ex- ception of @ beautiful entertainment tendered him the day of wis arrival by «his old friend = and = fellow diplomat, the Chinese Envoy, Anson Burlingame. fe drove tue follow. tg day with a party to the gorgeous villa of the Marquls of Hertford, which t# oue of the gems of Paris but rarely seen by strangers, as the marquis # in bad health and avoids company. ‘This splendid PROrery, in the heart of tne Bois de Boulogne, ve- longed to Charles X., and was sold after the revolu- Hon ot 1886 to the Marquis of Hertford, who has adorned 16 with paintings and statuary of moredibie value and beauty. The French journals have nouced the transit of Genera Sickles tor Madrid, and have invuriably expressed sdratration of his remarkable “In #& word, General Jes Is one of the most churacterstie impersona- Hons of his country, a¥ much so hy nis career, 6o fall ‘Of phnser, as hy hie ep! Mintiath Intell ige! ROA bis enerat.t tive, ts Intel igence