The New York Herald Newspaper, December 19, 1869, Page 8

"TB MARRIAGE VOW. ween HOW THE ANCIENTS REGARDED IT. Free Love and Woman's Rights an Old Experiment. Historical Lessons of Wedded Life. FACTS AND FIGURES. The most important questions for a people to Tegulaie by law arise out of the marriage relation, On it depends the Dullding up of the soctal fabri and the prosperity, happiness and permanence of a mation. All other questions of State grow insiguitl- ant when compared to it. In anclent as well as ip Modern umes marriage has been invested with religious sanction, and it was deemed a part of re- Nigion and was regulated by priests and prophets. Among the Tex Commandments promulgated by Moses twoof them, “?hou shalt not commit adul- tery” and “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife,” have found a place in the legis ation of every mation of which there is any history, and they seen: wo firmly implanted in the formation and preserva- tion of society tuat they may properly be regarded as of divine origin, The first above mentioned shows that if itis obeyed marriage t follow. As to how thet dis a matter vf litte consequence; but that relation afterwards— tts protection and its responsibiilty—is the all im- portant subject, and one which has been legislated upon tn every form and condtiion in which the wis- dom or fancy of man or woman eap eouceive. IMPORTANCE OF THE SUBJOS. AS evidence of the immense importance which ip every age has been attached to this subject, we may refer to the Roman law, in which tis subject occa- ples two entire books of the fifty of the Pandects and the better part of the fifth book out of the tep comprising the Code of Justinian. Among the modern civilians, Dr. Taylor devotes upwards of one-sixth part of his whole work on the “Elements of the Civil Law” to the subject of marriage. Pothier who bas examined tn thirty-two volumes the whole Immense subject Of the municipal law of France, which has tts foundations principally laid upon ihe civil law, devotes Bix entire volumes to the law of ‘the matrimonial state. ‘The antiquarian will find that the proverp “There fs nothing new under the sun” 8 applicable to “free Jove and woman's rights” as any question that ean be thougat of. When Emerson sald, “Is not Marriage au open question, when it is alleged from the beginning of the world that such as are in spe Austitution wish to get out and such as are out wish getin’” He only repeated what was eatd centu- vies before by an old Arabian proverb, and it lad een adopted by the French long ago. Itis not at all probabie that Moses would have made those com- Mandments had not some of his followers coveted their neighbors’ Wives. Moses saw that the marriage Felation ought in certain cases to be dissolved, and We find that by his laws (Deuteronomy xxiv.) a wife mugiit be divorced if the husband found some un- eleanness in her, aud she might be anotber man’s wife. This law did not apply to aduitery afier marriage; that was punished with the death of both gullty parties (Leviticus x., 10), TRE MARKIAGE STATE IN ANCIENT DAY Accoraing tw Josephus, by the Jewish jaw in Herod’s time a divorce could be had by the husband An certain cases; vata wife, I she left her husband, coulda not be married to another, unless ber former husbana put her away. There is no record of any law that allowed a wife vo divorce her liusband for aay cause, This is provab.y vecause among wll the an- cient natious, except the Egyptians, the wife became @ mere slave of the husband and subject to his will, In Egypt the wife was regarded as the head of tue family. Plato, in his pian for a goverument, insisted Wat woman as well as man ought to be waned up in the exercises fur forming the body and mind, and in conducting armies, and in the government of States; nor does ne so much as except tuese exercises wherein it Was customary to fight stark naked—aileging that the virtue of whe sex would be suilicient covering. Pytha goras and Plato were tue iirst considerable adyo- Cates Of soctalism, as 11s at tue present day Rollin thinks wnat the glorivus reign of Queen Se- Miramis partly mduced Piato to assert aud insist #0 strongly upon @ priucipie suficieatiy computed by the constant practice of all ages and of almost ail nations in We Woria to the contrary, Aristovie di fered from his teacher, late, and, without domg Quy injustice to tie sex, he pointed out the ditterenc qualiues of the body aud mind, one haying strength Of body and intrepidity of tind, thus enabling mira to undertake Uardsbips and to face daugers, wile the other, on the coutrary, 3 of @ Weak and delicate constitution, accompanied wiih a natural soiiness and modest timidity, Wich render her more fit (ora sedentary life and dispose ber to keep within the Precincié of the house and empioy herseit in the cou- cerns Of domestic economy. Aenophun is of the same opinion with Aristo. In the early ages of Rome the women were sub- jected to a perpetual guardiansnip except they were under cover and authority of a husband. ‘Pas guardiaistip Wasgiven Lo the nearest qo the maje relations. ‘ihe wife acquired and wuerttea property for the sole pbenetis of ner husband, and the iather of @ family might sell fis ciiareu- ai the wie was Feckoued among the uumber of his ciuidren—and he could in certain cases sentence them to death, ‘The Romans had no particular tagtcrates like the Greeks to inspect the conductor Womwen. Romulus Iustituted the “domestic tribunal.” ‘The husoand summoned ihe wi relations and tried ner in thew presence. . This tribunal decided uot ouly in respect to the violation of the laws but also of morals, avd Inspected tue general conduct ol Le wife. In ordi hary cases the husband could sic ag sole judge In presence of the wile’s at in grievous cases he could determine in cou them, @nd 1 case of sepa to hus bed anotier woman, He could banish her from lis bed and board, but he could not marry unless he divorced ner absolutely. For drankenness aud adulwry he could paaish with death, These regulations did not extend to common people, but only concerned senaterian tambite: Under wis state-of aifuirs the jKomans abstained from the exercise of the privilege of divorce for on Witla five of dione could not admit above 609 years, aud tue War applause has been lavished on toe virtue of the F that ume. ‘The par emulated, and the indulgence Of fathers and lovers. and after the Pao triumphs against the resistance aud opposition of Cato, We Cen came, 1D the myuals of ta * Of & Wife could neither be wie or mortgaged by @ prodiga’ husband. Their mural gifts were protibited by the Jealousy of the jaws, aud the o party relating to property rai another nauie, a future sub) weit, Globon gays Then tho Re matrons became the equal aud voluntary com m4 of their lords & new jurlepradence was fatroduced—that arniage, like over partnerships, might be dissoiv oy the abdicavion of one of the associates, tn three centu- ries of prosperity and corrupt gu this principle was enlarged to frequent practice Sad peruiciows abuse. Pasion, interest or capric ted dally wotives for the’ dissolution of o A word, sign, a message, 2 lever, the of @ freediman de clared the separation, The mose tender of human connections was degraded to a transient society of prot or pleasure. ording to the various condl- tons of life both sexes giteruately felt the disgrace apd injury. An inconstant spouse traasferred ber Wealth to a new family, avandoning a humerous, perhaps @ spurious, progeny to the patormal autho: raty and care of lier lave husoand. A beautiful virgin might be dismissed (o the world old, indigent and inoudiess. ut the reipetance of the Romanus when they were pressed w marriage by August sufiicientiy marks that the prevailing insti- Vutions Were Jeast favorable to the males? I Sexes declined the solemnization of the old nuplia and, without josiog their name or in ye ndeuc Subscribed the liberal and detinite terms of a mar Fiage cout Of their private fortune they shared the Use ad secured the property, ‘To this !vose and Voluntary compact religious and civil rites were no longer essential, and between persons of a similar rank the apparent community of jie was allowed os wuMicient evidence of their nuptials. ‘This tright- ful dissolution of manners obliged the emperors to enact laws in orcer to put some stop to lewdness, Juhan ordained a law punishing adultery as acrime, The “domestic tribunal,” wuich had not been used Jor centuries, was revived by Tiberias, to extend to cases that Could not be reached by the Julian Jaw. Montesquieu #ays that incontinency ai ways follow: and is fuliowed by extravagance aud luxury, ‘Tis Was the case among tho Romans. Besides ine gene- Yai laws the censors prevailed on the magistrates to enact several particular iaws to enforce toe irugallty of women, Amoug these were the Famian, Licmian 80d Oppianlawa, Tue Opvian law forbade women to keep more than half an ounce of god, aud also 80 Wear roves of yarious Colors and to ride avoul in ‘whe chariot road.” Livy relates the great ferment Wwe Senate was in when the women Lusisted Upon (he Fepeal of this law, Gut OF Lids #iato Of domestic iife grew anotuer evi) onduet Of exh it atord, und for an action for NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1869 As a legal marriage could Only be coutracted by free citizens the males tone “concubines.” Gibvon says:—"A concubine, Hn the strict sense of the civilians, was a womaD get i or plebeian extraction, the sole and farth! com- ho continued 10 8 state Panion of a Roman citize! ne ieotre ofcelibacy. Her modest station, below the of a wile, avove the imiamy of lowanens, was acknowledged aud approved by the laws. From the age of Augustus to the tenth century the use of tiis secondary marriage prevailed, both im the Weat and Bast, and the humble virtues of @ concubin were olen preferred to the pomp and insoience of a pobe mauon. In thls connection the two Antonines, the best of princes, and of men who en- joyed the comforts of domestic lie, the example was imitated by many eibizcns Luppatient of celibacy, but regardiul of tueir amiles. If at any time they de- rired w legitimetize their na‘ural children the con- version was mstantly performed by the celebration of iver nepuais with a pariner Whose faithfulness and fideity they had already tried.” The edict of Constantine Urst conferred this right Rewards were ouiered for legiumate marriage and penalties prescribed (or celtoacy, Along (he duues of the censors was that of levy- ing Lnes upon the male eiuzen who, against the public weal, persisted to remaining unmarried, Toe pensar Camillus and Postbumius (B.C, 403) was celebrated for the patriotic vigor with which this Inqnisiveg was made, In process of time the milder method of encouraging marriage by Awards was in- Goduced. the earliest mention Of wiich 1810 a specca of Scipio, Censor, in the year 200 B, GC, Atthis ume cer- tain Humiunities were already granted to the fathers of jegiamate cad en, **But.” says Merivale, ‘the in- creasing teadency to ceiibacy became so marked That at the perlod of the Gracent an alarm was soumed that the old Roman race was becoming rapluly eximguished.” Merivale says “ine Censor of the year 11 B. U., Meellus Macedonicus, ex- pounried the evil to the Séhaié io a speech Which Reems to Nave been among the most curious produc tions of anuquity, ‘Conid we exist withou wives at il,’ 1. Degay, ‘doubtless we should al! rid ourselves the plawue they are to us; since, however, natare has d-creed that we cannot dispense with the tnflic- Won, 16 18 best to bear it¢nanfully, aud rather look to (he germaneny cyvaservatlon of the State Wan to our ow; lLrausient sauisfactiou.? It 1s stil more curtous, pernaps,? continges thé historian, “that g@bove & hundred years afterwards Augustus should have ventured to recite in the pohshed Senate of his own generation the cynical invective of a ruder age. But so If Was, Wiat ben the legisiagon of Julius Owsar was found ineffectual for controling the stil grow- ing evil, it was reintor by his su jor with fresh penalties and rewards, aud the bicter measure recomuended by he acguinenta and even the jan- guage of the ancient Censor.” In the twelfth year ox the return of Augustus to Rome he caused the Senate to pass a new taw of increased stringency, by which the marriage of mai ciizens of competent age was positively required, Merivale says:-—"' Three years’ grace was aliewed for Maki a Holes and “setting prenainanes; but when the abotted interval Was expired it was found jent to prolong it lor two years more; froin to Ume a farther respite seems to bare conceded, and we shail ud the Em peror sul siraggitng, almost to the close of iis le, to !mpose this intolerable restraint upon the Noerty or liceuse of te tines.” The perverse suo- jects OF tits domestic legislation sought to evade imarriage by entering into itand then resorting to divorce a8 another means of escaping the require- menwof the law. But tae vigiant Augustas ap- pointed onerous forms lor the legal separation of married persons, and after the divorce had taken blace the parties fell again under the provisions of the marriage law and were required to find them- seives fresh consorts within & spectiied interval. Augustus adopted another mode of bringing the re- ‘uclant citizeus wiinin the pale of the marriage iaw by the indiction of penaities aud disgrace upon un- chastity beyond it, Now for the first cme adultery, which had been left to be punshed by the “domestic triounal” as a private injury, was branded a8 @ crime against tue Stace, as a kind of treason. He aiso, ater tae exainpies of is pre- decessors In the censorship, Mixed a scaie of expense for the luxuries Of the table and pretended {jo regulate the taste of the women lor personal orna- ments, ‘They were arbitrarily exciuded from sone pubic exhibitions, but at the gladitatorial snows, from whica they could no longer be excluded, he assigued them to the ninder rows, the least favoranie for seeing ov beng seen. As to the geueral (one and state of life among the Romans at tha, time Nerivaie says:—“With tue of Augusius Commenced an era of persouai ailecta- uon., A «taceiul address, @ spiendid equtpage, a distingulshed air, stamped ¢he candidate jor popu- lar adinirauion, A success in ine counterieit coasts of tue deciaimer’s school or before the partial irinu- nai Of B social audience, contented the inost ardent aspivants for jaiue or nocoriety. ‘he wane of wis Class Waa indeed far more uman aad polisicd than At bad been tity years carer, Lae young uoouity of ome were no iouger .ed by ruilians and bravos, Skuiin ihe use of deadly Weapons was nu longer their point of honor, Wille the exercises of we Campus Martius served only to exhibit a fine igure or cumpiextoa, and the last shadows of lactlon were Cast Upon Lic CoUuresis OF Lhe circus, Bola men and Wouleu crowded tue tueatres Lo be seen rather Waa to see. Love masiag succeeded to arms, verse making 0 e@loquelee, vanity to aubittoa, pre Of = Movoriety = to thirst «for = glory. ihe exquisiies of the day were men who daugied tu tue Waid Of ladies ce oracles of coteries, the voserved of aristocraue reuaious; we Hattery of the drawlig roo Was reduced to a systeu aad courtsaip beiWeeh the se .es Wught as aa uit Suc. cess 1G amars Of yailuntry becuute & Ube bo distinc tion, aud a score uf bravé young nobles Laud siege Lo re of & princess wae would formeriy ave 1 OLE BuOLUEr LO SbOrUMe & royal fortress.’ ) last days Of Rome—glitteriug, Lalae, hollow, corraph THE (RECKPYS OF CHRISTIANITY. It is andoulteuly true Uist tae precepts of Camst and bis Aposties regarding te social relauons werg more readily accepted Govause Of Lac exampies aud experiences Of Lue Loman people al avout Lie period of the commencement Of te Clicistian era. in Su. Matthew's record of the Ce.eurated Sermon on tne Mount may be fooud Christ's wovtrine reiating Lo adaltery aud divorce. AfterWarus we Flurisees duet Jesus on the further side of Joriaa and asked Mig Hit were lawful fora man to pat away tus wile, referring to the Law of Moses, (Deut. XXtV., 1%.) “And Jesus aoswercd and sail uuto them, tor tae hardness of your Weart he wrove Lais prece pt. but trom the beginning of the aoa God made theur imale aud feaiale, For this cause saail @ ia leave bis acer and jotuer aud cieave to ols Wie. And they twain shatl be one desk, What God hath joined Uogether jet bo mau put asuader.’”’ (Alark X., Z-iv.) Se Paul, ia Wis wpisite (L. Corimitians, v), Says that ‘Neither was toe ian created for the Wouau, but the Wormaa for the maa,’ aud again said, “Wives suomi yourse.ves Uno Your OW Husbauds For the husodnd 18 tue head of the’ wife, even as Cirist 1s the head of the ret, aod He is the Saviour of the body. Therefore, as we Courch 1s sadject UMW Christ so let the Wives ve Wo their ow busoauds Lb everytinug.” —(isphe: Vey 22-26.) Aud agato, io the thircy-taird verse, tue wife see Liat she revereuce ner husband.” Woerever the Cirisuan religion exisieu tuese doc- trines Of Christ aud bis Aposties were fouad we Mosc promineut, Heace tue great prosperity and Gappiness Of alt natious tat are guided vy tue divine ordinances of Chrisuanity, tne Cheistian Churea never sanctioned divorces—only se paranoas Were allowed by its trivunais. Prom tic early intro. duchon of Chrisianity 1a Sarope up to tue tine of Justinian, A. U. 533, the husband acquired all the property of the Wie sue held at tue Lime of Lhe mar- riage #od ali that she acguired aiterwards, bul Lie Jusuiotaa code changed tie jaw 80 Luat busbaud and wife Were cousidercd a3 distinct persons, aud sie Could sue and be sued Without Dim, aud Luey could sue each oliver, and the contracts of one were vol binding oO the O.ber, On the discovery 4n 1157 of Wie “Vandects,” or digest of tue civt daw, made by order oF Justinian, tae revival of the sludy of to the Roman people. been the civil low begua m Italy and io vacious parts of Kurope, aad iroim tats code is derived tue eucuuiu- muy OF partnorsnip system Of husvaad and wie which now prevails im Frauce, Spiaiu aad the Netuer - laude, wad bas been Carried py tueas tae Weir cain: nies. MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND. At the time of the revival aud iucroduction of the cvillaw ut burepe the common iaw of Hagiand become so Aruwily estavished and go mucu re. clad by the Brivons thas the civil law Was nob alowed W adect ite In speaking of tue cwuwon law Lord Bacou #aid:—"Our laws are mixed ws our language, aad a8 our language 18 so much tac rien awa OO LNG MOFe Couple.” Lhe relavon id and wife, as defued vy Uarist and tis Aposties, Was @ part of Lhe Comuion aw; for one says that Carmuanity 19 pare of tke common Wor Cngiawd. im order more tully Ww carry ous 16 leachings Of Chiist thé Marriage cereuony yp seribed by the Churet of Kagiamd required the wy promise (hat sue Would “ove, cherish aud o her husband uutu death Wem did part. Separation could be decreed by The eeciestasuical courts, bat Do fosulute divorces could be nad oily by & rypeciul act Of Parliament, Tue Wile cou not hold or acquire any — propert juless by ance-nupual couirac Lie veneicial elects of this Jaw on the happiness @nd geueral Wei jure of society grew more apparent Luc jouger IL stood. Under it marriages Were nappy and frequ Aud populavon rapidly fuereasea, In LO Bi Were the uuniber of births tual a revenue Was o tained trom Lust source and @ xpevitic lax was laid on every chiid porn IM the kingdow—24. Td, (Or & on person wad £00 tor a duke. In the same tO tax was juld On murtlages—28. 6d. for com mun pel and £00 for aduxe, Marriages were again taxed ay late us i784. Shortly after tus Mal- LiUs PUbISied bis celebraced Work uit tite Lov rapid ineresee Of the Yanan race and (ue dangers Arisiog therefrom, aad Uuore laid down the principe that population has @ vendeacy ty increase fascer than ihe means of kuosistencs. He says:—“Population not only rises lo the level of the present supply of food, but if you go oo every year ineveasing the quantity of food, populauion goes on increasing at the same Hine and so fast that the food 1s coumoniy too small for the people.” The subject caused no Live attention aid discussion arnoug pollical econ: omiste Of that aud a later period. MARRIAGES IN THK UNIPRD OT ATR. Woen the Puritans emigrated (o tuis couutry the; brougat the common law with them, and if became aparcof the law of the severai States, subject vo being changed by speciai Btatule. ‘The law reiaung to the conjugal relations remained tue same among Us Be ab COMMON IAW, Without any complaint, natil the temperance question begar vw agitate tue Bast- ern, Addie and Western states, anout wwe year 1s45, aod then Loe cry Was that io order Ww protect the estate of a wife from being squandered by an in- temperace li yao site 400 ber chiidrea lett in Tolery aod War aC @ law must bs made to pro- tect her property irom the control of her huspand. When (be New lork Constuuuonal Convention met jor & few Conatituion & clause Was favoraDly revoried aiiowing @ wite to bave and retain ali the property bie bad at Ube time of ber marriage, Kad al! that she might afterwards acquire, should be her separate property, nd the sam: Mr. States and Canadas (1867) alves the statistics of the Charles | jatis in Massachusetts, From a table furnished to C4 tion of the | the Commissioners we take the fo'lowing facts:— Soares iti C san ana raat tie or ine’ whole Suanee “ore feanates a tne report of the proceedings the vention, He he B in 1868 they were very nearly 1 in ene hai ‘These fucts do noe, tell the*entire story of Ne regarded mis eaction Lteeyt yy ~4 ie ony. be hadi been adopted—per' an rest of the con tion. 1f there was anything ip our ins:ttutions that ought no! to be troubied by the atern of the reformer it was the nacred ordinance of and the relations arising out of it. The difference, he said, between the law of Eugland and ‘that of mat other’ nations was 1K estaviished the most entire and absolute inion and identity of futerests and of persons fo the matrimonial sate, It recognize the husband ‘as the hoad of the housebold, merged in him the iezal being of the wife so thoroughly that, in contemplation of Jaw, she could scarcely be said to exist, ‘The common law of England was the law of this country, and both were dased upou the i precept, “They twain shall be one flesh.” Pure origin—the fountain of Holy Writ—the common law ralo upon this subject had endured for centuries; it had passed un with our ancestors and cheered their first rude in the wilderness; a tae a e original rand puri wil f"hantenicatency and iwiluenoes, wnlmupaired ite Fee nT at tee ty tanec’? RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. ate or external circumstances. Revolution after revolu- ton had awept over the hoine of married love here and tn the mother country; forme of garera comme? with Proteuslike versatility; but thé reside had re mained watouched, Woinan amwife or as mother had know n no change of the law which fixed her domentic character and uijed herdevoted love. Sve had as yet known no debastn, feconta: Interest apart from the prosperity of her nisband. is wealth had been her wealth; his prosperity her pride, her ouly source 0: power or distinction. ‘Thus had society exisied hitherto, Did it need a change? *® * * Nochange should be made in the rules affeg @ relation of husband and wife. "Ts habity ppd menners builtupon the rules wad are ing ont of them could not de improved and ought to bi uated, The drm wbion of interest in married life, as jabod by the common law, occasionally In apecial cases pro- daced deplorab’e evils; bat its general Influence upon the mem- bers of socioty was most benign. This waa exhibied in the jaat history of Mncland and our own conntry~lt was visible tn Uieexining condition of our povple, Why chauze the law and by arash experiment put at risk the cholcest blessings we enjoy? Husbands in America aro generally faith(ul and trur protectors of their wives: wives Tn America are gener- ally models for imitation, ‘The least retlection must con- vigee (hat this state of manners among us results from the purity of our laws for domestc government, ‘These laws ought not, then, to be changed, lest manners shoul change with them. The proposition eame in an insidions and do- ceitfat form ; i camo with professions of regs *d for wom aad thus won @ ready access to the favor ol sil yood men bat, like the serpent le to the first womap, it tended, if it did’ not seek io degrase her, tie thought the jaw witch united in one common bond the pecuniary interests of us~ band and wife should remain, He was no true American who desired to seo tebangel.” * * © * He would leave te settlenents to take effect only by the apecial act of ty. Then they wonld have no eifect upon society at {is na the general law. oc the Suite -the laws 0; er~ 5 upon ail classes, and the law only which worked y into the very frame of so haiural conwiivatlon of he peo hab) sly, DecaUne apart ot the » and permanently intl. enced for good or for evil the hablis, manners and morals of ‘ountry. The occasional acts of Individna's have no gene- ral Influenee, but the general lawa of woclety i thoy were not tho oifspring, wo ‘waya become the parent 0: & generg of ike 8 it Was, 1 arality edhte) 19 them. , withed itty them AA joe origi wished to prt untry aa perfect as human insti(Quons or bu je tuade, and he wished it to be left un- in all {ts sacredness and simplicity. ‘The state of 1 this respect, under the existing law, Was no proof that i would continue the gaine uuder a law precisely the se. Uo the coutrary, it was evidence in avor of the existing law. None cond deny that the great fundamental Jawa of a community tn respect to property bave au essential {niuence even upon the workings of human atfections within the domestic circle, * * * If this Con vention should change the laws, tnvade the sane- tuary of domestic iove and intrench within ft the fiend, pectintary self-interest, he beleved it would with mately change the whole character of tue married re:ation in our country. He spoke for posierity, not ior the present generation. If the meiabers of this Couvention and the peo- Pie acted unwisely in this matter they woud yo down to the grave inpunlahed; for theevi would not come in their day. Faws might be changed in an {natant but manners could neitner be formed nor subverted suddenly. ‘Che preseat tone of society in Auis respect was too weil fixed to be soon changed. It was the result of cemuries of human exisvence uader wise law. Ihe wives aud the husbands of the pro- sent day would retain the manners that law had ereated iva, aiter the law itself was abulisned. But if this new rule should Le asopie the student of history in acter times wouid con- demon the act. From atid the jess pure and incorrupt habits wnt manners of domestic live as then existing aroand him he Would 100k back 9 the present day with emotions axin to Auose which aifect our miads when contemplating the first “family iu bappy Eden before the tempter came. The usual temperance argument was urged, but of no avail, before wat intelligeut body—that ci ause was reected. Laws had been passed im nearly all the Eastern, Middle and Weatern States the same in subsiance 3 that Clause attempted to be in this State, apd at the Legisiative session in 1845 a simi- lar law was passed for New York. I'his was the first Jaw of the kind in this State, ‘That was compara- tuvely conservative, but has been extended from ume to time uatit now the law is more in favor of the wiie than the communtty system of the civil jaw, but more untavorable to the husband taan the civil law. SEPARATE INTERESTS OF MAN AND WIFE. The wisest anu best of men have from ume to time givea opiuions as io tne effect of sintlar laws in society, ‘Thomas Jeiersoa said Una’ it was owing to vhe separaic iitecesis of wile and husband in France that avout talf of the annual iocrease of the poouiesion of Varis was Nlegitimaic. Montesqueu, a fis “Spirit Of Laws,” says that as Women are in a state that furmisies them inducements — to marriage the advantages that such a law wives chem over tier own and their hus. bands’ property is no advantage to society, and Would be extremely prejudicial 1a a reguoitc, and expresses himselt in favor of the wite bringing pro- perty to the husvand. = ©: color Kent says, in his Commentaries—"t prete reguiauons of the comuion law upon the sudject ot the paternal aud universal relations, but use: > many saojects in Wiicn the civil law greatly ¢ s.7? In reference to the system of warrtage sebuemeuts bY Which lu spe- Chal Gases Hit Petason is estaolshed bebween man and wile, Waien Lois law makes universal, Mr. Jus tive Piale Says—*"b Lends LO sever in some dey the marcia. uaiou; becau se udepenteui or her Gushaud as vw her fo bars hi of @ particrpation in it by new waged 1MpedimMenss, as Lf Ae Were presuned fo rworsveuemy. i matrimony 1s uot destr: Without these trauimMeis wad teuces aud rese tions, | Say marry not at all. A benign poi Would noo admit a rule which impairs the Whion and lesseas Lhe attrivutes of foly matrimony. ltis better that coulidence between husband aud Wife should Sometimes be abuse t tian that Ww should not exist ia that relate We often see acts of tyranny and crueity exercised by the husvat wowards the Wife of Which Lue law Cakes no coguk zauce, and yet no wan of Wwisdou or veilection can douvi the prooriciy of the mie wich gy uusband the contro! ana eustoty of the wife. It is the price Walch female Wants and weakness mnai pay for their protecdoa. ‘Liat a womar tempiace ner mended husbaad as | her eaemy and despotter and should rpard ite agiiast bin as a swindler and arobber aad the: aunt bun to ler ean presents a somore and disgusting picture of matriaoay. lage implies w uuion Of Nearts and interests, ar moutiicauons of that relation, whic: finements have imuroduced, form aa Watch should be exurpared.”” (17 Joan. ‘The veneravie Ambrose Spencer expressed ly Xe Mm the Kae Case aS Of Lhe EAMG oplniun Ga thac | ture question. wo the | tle Increase of female crime. In the annual report of the New York Prison Association, the Commis- stoners say:—~‘Phe country swarms with female thieves, pickpockets, shoptifiers, swindiers, pim| seducers of poor girls, &c.; yet we hear of few women being tried, and fewer still being convicted, upon the principle degrading to the character of a woman that she 19 less responsible, and, therefore, Jess punishable than the man.’” Tt has been sai that “history rey itself.” If thia be so go pot the history and faces above presented show Titer we are teudinz? We are a fagt peopl jud make a3 much progress to @ right of 4 direction in ten Years as Old Rowe did i a egy;curye Religious Services To-Day. George Francis Train preaches in the Cooper In- stitute this evening. Bishop Snow will preach in the University, Wash- ington square, this afternoon, at three o’clock, on “The Cleansing of the Sanctuary.” At the Kyerett Rooms Miss Fanny Davis Smith will speak before the Society of Progressive Spirtt- ualists at nalf-pust ten A. M. and hall-past seven P.M. At John street Methodist Episcopal church Rev. William P. Corbit will preach at half-past ten o’clock A. M. and at seven P. M. The Church of the Puritans will attend divine ser- vice :o-day in Apollo Hall, corner of T'wenty-eighth street and Broadway. Preaching by the Rev. Dr. Cheever at half-past ten o'clock, on ‘Tne New Crea- tion in Ohrjst.”? ‘The seventh of @ series of discourses on “The Family Life will be preached by Kev. Dr. Witfiam Aikinan in the Spring street Presbyterian church this morning, Subject—‘Brothers and Sisters’? At the Church of Our Saviour (Sixth Universalist), between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Rev. J. A. Pull man will preach this morning and evening. New Church Enterprise, in Fiftietn street, between Broadway and Eightn avenue. Preaching in the morning af half-past ten, evening at hall-page seven, by Huntiigtdh Clapp. At the Pree Church of the Holy Light, in Seventh avenue, Rev. Nasiburn BeyammM will preach at haif- past ten A, M. and Rev. Geo, F. Seymour at half-pas seven P. M. Rev. George Hepworth will preach in the Charch of the Messiah, Vark avenue, this morning and even- ing. Subject in the evening—The Temptations of New York Life.” At the Murray Hill Baptist church, Lexington avenue, near Thirty-seventh street, preaching at half-past ten this morning and at ‘even this even- ing, by Rev. 8. A. Corey, D. D, At St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Forty- first street, near Sixth avenue, preaching at half- past ten A. M. aud at haif-past seven P. M. by Rev, Jobn McClintosk. At the Zion church, Madison avenue, corner Thir- ty-eighth street, Rev. N. H. Chamberlain will lecture on “The Martyrs of the English Reformation” this evening at eight o’olock. m Rey. R. N, Bellows will conduct the free services at Brevoort Hall, 154 East Fiity-fourch street, be- tween Lexington and Third avenues, to-day ac halt- past ten A. M. and lialf-past seven P, M. Subject in the evening—“A Sketch of Life in Jerusal A.D. 19 2 Rev. Cyrus D. Foss will hold a special service for young men this evening in new building of the Young Men's Christian Asaociation, corner I'weuty- third street and Fourth avenue. ‘The Free Chapel of St. Augustine, Nos. 262 and 204 Bowery, between Prince and Houstan streets, will be opened for divine service this morning at half-past ten o’e!ock. At the hal-past seven o'clock 1. M, service the preacher will be the Rev. Benjamin i. Haight, D. v. Rey, John Cotton Smith will preach this evening in the Reformed Latch church, corner of Fitth ave- nue and Twenty-first street, on ‘The Relations of Christianity vo the State, with special reference to the Eenmenicail Council and the Question of Public School Education.” Rev. Thomas D. Anderson will preach this morn- Ing in ihe chapel, corner of ‘K avenue aud Thirty- ninth street. ilis subject will be “The Drama.” Church of tie Holy Redeemer Rev. w. Shackelford preaches this morning and afternoon. Rev. Dr. Armitage preaches in the Pith avenue Raptist church tis morning aud evening. At the fWorty-second Presbyterian church Rev. Dr. Scott preaches morning and evening. “The Ninth Commandment Applied to the Preservation of a Good Name” will be (he subject in the evening, A missionary ineeting will be held in Dr. mitage’s church, Forty-sixth street, near venue, at hali-past seven o'clock this evening. Ar- Fifth Lecture by Rev. Dr. D. Einhorn on the Sec- ond Resolution Passed By the Rabbinical ConieronceTho Destruction of the Jewish State Was Not as Panishiment for Isrnel’s '# Misston. Adath Jeshurun was well filled yester- Rep) | ay Ww listen to a tecture by Dr. Einhorn, editor of ert the Jein'sh Vines, On tke above sa bject. The le having read the second resolu tion passed by For several years after this new law no anparen t | the Rabbinical Conference from a copy of the Jewish change was noticed amoug us. Bub soon tie | Ties, said it Was not intended to express im that cit oly ee bee heceinl ete 4nd | resolution an opinion whother the Je ws living at the recaurd4 property, and alter that ¢ cry of taxation without representation Was, heard, and is still echomg among us. Abont the ‘thine of tue passage of the separate property law the eiigious doctrine of Spiricuatiam aad fr advanced band in dand wita te “wor sou. ‘Lue separate property laws in so many 3 not only wiected us, put popular opinion grew strongly im favor of then in Kngiead, and it has greatiy a d socleuy th will con- sive oursely o state of s Jiouse- | keeping grew tvksome to the wild ust bourd; ue home was broken up, oud li sities became full of boarding houses, & ensued, marriages have decreased, and are ¢ ro Ing for varlous réasons, a'though tv 14 urged on maies Iron almost every pulp: the lant, anda tax on bachelors 13 seriously talked of. The deprav- iy of the female sex 13 alarming, and divorces ure becoming common and easily obtained. We wilt sum up the present article by prescuting a few facts ant Sgures as to bow we stand. MARRIAGE STATISTICS The following Wtbies are made frov the Metropolitan Board of Healti, the war aud Une return of #0 4s LO be Supposed that the nuniber of marriages would rapidly tnerease over previous years. ‘The netive aad foreign population were avout equal ia Unis erty in 1s MARKIAGRS BY NATIVITY the re) Aiter che orts of lose of OF MALI AND FEMALES, Forelq BIRTHS BY NATIVITY OF PARENTS. ij | Native | Native miive.| Fortgn.| Rather | Moher | | oni.’ | On, 8,047) 1,050) 930} DEATHS IN 1863, Males. | ¥ 44h Of these deaths 2,884 were un 13,067 > ander five years of age. Ibis to be op. served t ut OF & toiai OF 23,889 deaths 15,067, or more than lalf, were under five years of age, This shows either a neglect or Ignorance on the part of the mother. [tts Lo pe regretted that the published reports do not saow Lhe nativity of the mothers of clitidren tat die under five years of age. The ery has been raise: Mong Us, as ie Was among the lo- mans, that our native race ts dying out. With low much trath we let the above tables speak for them. weives. It will there be seen that nearly thre fourths of the marriages among us are between foreign born, and tbat more than fonr-ffths of we births are of foreign parents, and that two-tiirds of the deachs are of native born. MOKALS OF THR FEMALE SEX. AS to the change that has been produced upon the ocgees morais of the female sex, we quote from he twenty-first annua! report (1866) of the New York Prison Association:—'The jucrease of female crime within the last twenty years ta one of the most no- ticeable and alarming facts in our criminal hisvory. Twenty years ago the ratio of females to males wi a8 | 10.12; in 1869 the rave Was J lo 2.605 In 1864, ag 1 02.55. * * * We refrain from all comment on these facts. The bare statement of them ought to be suMcient to awaken the moat serious thoughts in the minds of reflecting persons.” Tn roport ou friwoue aud Keformavious of tue United dcr one year ana a ——tle nywHen Lo onr etly 1 | sins | in thas jong | In order to liberate their country from a foreign yok | time of the second Temple are to be pronounced free of sinininess or not, but only to lay down the v 2 of relormed Judaism on the misston of Israel. ‘The exile of weventy years’ duration between the ex- istenee of cae first and second Temple was a period of pariication, The peopie returned from exile with iresh enthusiasm and revewed — religious of, What Was the cause, howey er, of the de- ction of the second Temple with which Israel's lage, Wintel Nas now lasied for neariy two Is it the punish pug Laotwand yours, Was maugurdtedr faent for the sinfuiness of the people of Mie covenant, 1 would be @ terrible pau IsnmMent bo ‘ive from home and to Bu fer such a& wartyrdom as Israel has = snifered rod. ) attribute such a retribuuon to God would be bordering on blasy hundred years ago our lauiera ave sinned, and we are yet to safer for it! The biblicwl saying that Al phuishes sin note the fourth generwion jeans, omy. wighteen according to the Tainud even, if the chiidcen per- Sistin the tiquities of ther jathers, if che Jews were sent into exile on account of thelr woud not their heroism bave — atoned for tt at -® tim when they mid have ended their suveriogs by asingle word? If whe oid Jews said im tuerr prayers, “We have beea driven frout our country on vuat OF Our sis,” sheir co idoace in God deserves admiration. They had no to harmonize their martyrdom with Go's than in empnasizing their own sinfuiness; preferred to accase thecimeives mstead of Vrovi dence. Bul to sieb reason is valld any more to-day, We should not. wonder if some kaigut oF whole or halt orthodoxy would aavocate the desecration of ath 40 as to have & piausible reason tor Luat Prayer, Just a8 some asserted that our position dHoants to wit ACCUsALION Of Providence, The moral Suate of the Jews at the time of the aestruction of the second Me Was Dot stich as to warrant the belief tat tt ad deserved such a punishment, Bven the Zealots were patriots and only used violent measu Had the demoralization heen so great the of the great reformer, Jochanan ven Saccliai have prevatiod as litle as the exhortations miah. Even cuuse for Ui ple. Some say It happened because there was too intense @ hate among che parties; others because the juiges looked too strictly vo the letter of the law, Instead of wo its spirit; aod others assign other Jegoudary causes, Yea, ere is an Optoion, and in porfeci accord Witt our Own Views, tiat Isracl was exued in order Vo increase m numbers by tie Aadition of proselytes; and te celebrated Asulai says it was in order that Israel mignt gather the sparks of wisdom and morality which are latent among the nations. We, however, have the paramount daly to recognize the truth as manifest in history. The declarauion contained in this resolution ia of the ule most importance In deteriaming the direction of our lives in the present as well a8 In the iature, if tae destruction of the Temple was a punistuient for our sing, then Judah’s mission cau only be fulfilled ia the return to it old state, Israel will remain » siranger wherever it dwells. Its exfte is an atone- ment. It would be our bounden duty to continn- ously consider ourselves ag strangers, and we have no right to claim equality, as in reality genuine or- Whodoxy spurns an emancipation of the Jews. The exile can only be replaced, as an atonement, by tue reintroduction of animal sacrifices. According to this theory & Psa orthodox would, to Kave his soul, refer the knout to the Star Spangied ner, It an anomaly to confess such inciples in the public Worship and carry in ile the roud consciousness of the free eltizen. The whole of history refutes the sorry theory of exile. Isracl was not driven away from Palestine for iw sins, but was entrusted with a mensage ace to the nations and sent on 4 holy mission, Christianity aud Jewish orthedoxy bowh ask, however, why tue —TRIPLE SHEET. cruel martyrdom? ‘The whole contents of the book of Job auswer this question, It is tie doctrine that sufferings are uot always punishments, but often trials in which the good “+e Innocent are straight- ened and steeled and nerved; and, a8 Isalah’s pro- Paecy is commented by the rabvies, ‘Israel atone | by its sufferings for the nations.” Thank God, Israel’s mournful days are fast disappearing, 0 it Mt has accomplished the whole sacrifice in every partof the earth then God's kingdoin will have been + alah Whici 16 to fill the earth from end to The Bible in the Public Schools. To THE Epiror oF THe HERALD:— ‘ThSfe is DO question at the present time, perhaps, that takes 80 deep @ hold of the conscience’and feel- ings of the people ag the question now being dt cussed in relation to the Bible and the common achoola, Itis, perbaps, truly a great question and one worthy of a thorough and deep discussion, and 1 believe that if truth and common sense have 4 fair chance tn the great combac that much good will regult, What the American people want to know more, perhaps, than any other uation or peopie, because being {reer and more advanced in liberty than any other nation or people, 18 just what their duty is and how far that duty extends in relation to sup- porting religious ideas or doctrines, or whether mone at all, in that system of common schools in which every American citizen is or should be inter- ested. There ig one phase the question seems to assume, however, which in my opinion does not really belong to it, aud whiea, periaps, has been forced upon it for the purpose of holding with a stronger hand the position taken by those who hold that the Bible is 9 proper part of the comimon school system, ‘The phase to which [refer ts that apparent oppor tion between those who belleye in the B.ble as a book of inspiration, to be always believed in and taugut everywhere, and those Who also belleve the Buble with equal reverence, but yet are willing to * yleid to a great principle they justly consider neces- sary (9 atu enjoyment of civil and reigious lib- erty. * There is, of course, no real difference ta polnt of religious syaipatiles betw the two above named Classes, ‘The Bible 13 jae vexe book of boty of them, aud they equally strive, perhaps, to propagate the doctrines of the Gospel, Is it possible that the weiter of this makes an assumption wien he refers to two such classes as having sn exisicacer It has been charged by many of the diterent wrilers upomtue question that only those are opposed wo the Bivle under all circumstances are now fuund warrlog agaimst reading the Bivie in the cummon schouis. if saci & charge was reaily tue fact then there might bg some force in thelr aisump- thou that to uphold ihe refdMg Qf tha Bible im te common schouls is lo uphold Chiistiauity as against infldclity and atheism, Of course if there was a dung Haus OF that Character before the people those whd believe in Chrsuaaity would be justited in defending their side on whatever grounds they anighit. nn such 1s not the issue, and itis In vain that they seek tos0 shape it, Because those who disbe- heve the Bible as a book of mspiration are tound in Opposition to the Bible in the common schoos (and they could consistently bold no other position) it by no means proves that the contest 18 slmpiy a crusade tn which Christiauity must either stand or fall. ‘rhe Catholics are @ numerous and increasing peo- ple; they pay theie proportioa of the schuol taxes, and as a matier of course they bave all their proper riguts in tne premises, ‘They do not, however, have the right to insist that weir version of the Bibie Shail be read tn tue common schools; out they have as inuch right to go Ins.#t as have the Protestants to lusist that King James’, their particular version, shall so be read. How snail the inatter be settled How shatl it be so adjusted that ail parties slall be Silisticdy Can it be so adjusted by allowing the Catholics to have it all their own way, or can it beter be adjusted by leaving ti to the Protestants to have It ali tueir own Way! We buave uiready seen in the history of the discussion 80 far that it canuot be left to, the supreme control of either of tne cou. tending parties. 1s there another class of men be- side those already mentioned who are entitied to any Tights or Opmions 1a the premises » ‘Duere 18 w large and inteliectual class of thinking men and women who do not regard the Biotec asa book of revelation, to be read at aii hazards, regard. lesa of the rights and opinions of otuers, They ve lieve in religion, but not im religious despotism they believe in order, progress aiid liverty, they veileve as much in refinement and purity of char- acter as the most zealous embers of any of the ex- isting orthodox Churches, ‘Tey believe in God and Whatthey call a inberal Christianiy; aod they are Wilting that others saouid have the privilege of believing with tbat same freedom they bave exer- cised jor themseives, They have no exactions 10 Make; neltier do they propose by arbitrary power to establisn any general beliet id respect lo those things that belong purely vo the province uf faith, ‘They recognize the fact iat meu can never come to au azreeinent In relation to those Uings Cat are ab- stract and speculative. Taey are willing lo leave religious Goctrines and ethics to the various organi- zauions and sects that have them in ebarge. ive common school system ts lor auoiner purpese than to be the depository of religious instracuon, aud because th cau be BO UYaniuous agreement as to w that lustrucson stall t . Tue ouly proper way, then, is to conduct our pub- Ie scnools In such & manner 4s to give olteuse to 10 one’s religious senuineats, but to iaseruct ail thoroughly ia the faudamental prin 8 of educa- Hon. Let those who wul delieve in Cirishianity freely wnd fully; ies those who will belteve 1m Munaminedan- 13m OF doy Oper system OL revelation or assuincd revelation, While those Who believe im the posiave philosophy of Comte and otter Kindred teachers have their equal rights, What remedy is or can be easier than Us, whereny the dimenity may be Seitied? Lake the Bibie out of the scnvo s, and leave all questions growing out of it ox its proper or un- proper transiauon to the yartous caurches aud Societies that are establisued for the purpose of pro- pagaung religious truth, Christianity wil not suiter in the least by such a course; Indeed, It will stand perhaps more magaoiticens im us power and Krandeur; more mayniticen: because less exacung; more ultractive because les® coustraimmns. Sectarian Views Respecting the Bible in Our Schools, ew York Observer—Prespyterian.} It the Legislature is going to take care of Men's consciences let it not confue its labors aud syinpaihies to th of the KRomanists alone, Nine- tenths, if not nineteen-twentietis of ihe money raised by tax to support the common schools of the State comes out of Protestant pockets, and to divide this according to the number of cliltren or schools is manitestly unjust. It compels men to support a religion they Would cut their right hand off rather than voluntarily aid. In sori, the Legislature as- surmes the high-ianded prerogative of taxing Pro- lesiants to support the Papacy. Ai there are to be denominational s be denominational mouey. Let jad separately, and the collector pu wit 1 rate columns the amount raised trove tue Ko ; and Protestants of tne State, and give the former tueir own and no more. We say. Uiere is & very large class that take this ground, Su & denominatousl taxation every Tghtunnded, Woughtiul inan would deeply deplore. It Would be fraught with evil consequences; but we say if the money Talsed 1s to be applied denomina- onaily, they, too, are rigdt fn demanding that it be raised in the Same Way. Li those who make ovr Laws {krom the } on ® ols let there 1001 Lax be Suart ou HS pgriions road, on their heaas must rest tne responsiviitiy, . 7 % bs Ine people of this Stare respect the rights of consctence, put demand freedom of conscience also, they are wilitoy Lo receive tue oppressed of every and, bus sternly say, “Hands off of our institutions, are wililug to be taxert and are er OUs aad Unbigoted In the distribution ot the money, bab wit not lamely surreader it to the baughty demand of a eign priesthood. We sey aguin, let Komaniet and taeir irends beware—there is Ore slumb under (ne dead ashes of the present. (tis nut y lo drive Protestants to tue wall and batter Gown their istitutions in their very faces. Provoke not— rater we Would say, compel not—an atiitude of hositity taat ali good nen would depiore, jkr Pathotic. } An, ttn Advocate, of this cily, complains that Chere isa conspiracy formed for the destruction of our common scnool system. havsuré it that so far as Cathoues, acing in concert wih their pastors, are concerned there 15 no racy in the case, We say opowly we do not believe in the system, nor tu aly system which does Ot ieave us treo tq educate ous chidren mn our own religion; and we are strongly opposed to bemg axed (or Ine support of schools In Whieh wi dow. ‘There is a strong infidel party in the ; ho doubt, Whe are opposed, not Lo Common schoois, but to HAVINg any rengion taught or recognized mn then, Catholies can have no syinpathy with ty for we old religion, under any fori, embrace any Christian seet, preferable to no relig Preabyserianiaie chan German tafdelity. Yo THK Eorror ov THR HERALD; — Constant readers of your highly valuable paper Will acknowledge that the save is conducted pn the broadest princepies regarding politics and religion, An entire page, and sometimes more, is every weok devoted to the sermons Of ministers of all creeds, viz., Catholics, Protestants, Jews, &c., showing no partiality to any religion. 1 have noticed in many of the reports given in the newspapers in criminal transactions that whenever & Jew 19 gulity the fact 18 mentioned, viz.:—"'A Jew, # Gorman Jew, named So and So, has done sui such tings.” ‘There is probably no malice mi Such expressions; it is inercly a habit, which tends to create iil feeling, and tuerefore, as being entirely Unnecessary, ought not to beused. You dv not say Mr. So and So, an {righ Catholic, or a Prussian Pro- ine oaang has transgressed thus and thas against the We Tn this country a man’s religion ia not inquired into; and if ne commit an offence there Is no reason why his religion should be paraded, Protestant Episcopal Church Statistics, ‘The Jollowing ls & general statwical RumuMary of this Chureh for the past year. The statistical yeaf is in some dioceses made up from Easter to Easter; in others, from October to Octover:— Dioceses, . 30 bishops i a Ops elect, i Fries 3 Al + 2,7hh Wholé natuber of clergy + Ries Parishes, , ‘4 . %5i2 Ordiiiations— Deacons, ~ ww Priest, — In 24 dioceses. ° by Yotal, in 23 dioceses... . 200 Candidates for orders. in 20 dioceses . . 208 Courches consecrated, in 15 dioceses. . 4a Bapuisms—fotants, in 26 dioces.s.. + 20,749 Aduits, th 36 diocese: - $050 Novspeeified, in 6 dioceses, « 8,760 ‘Total, 2 doe ~ 20,689 Confirmations, n 3b diocese: 20,798 Commiunicanis—Inerease in 23 dioceses dur- mig the past year.......... 7,186 Nutuber reported in 33 dio- COS. .+6 eenee 116,686. Present No. in whole le 00 Marriages, tn 30 dioceses, a 1,637 Burlais, in 30 dioceses. . aiesee 12.475 Sunday school teachers, tn 27 dioceves... 18,644 Sunday school scholars, ta 50 divceses.. 185,976 Contributions, in 31 dioceses...... + $4,205,020 41 Religious Bequests by a Philadelphia Lady. ‘The will of Mrs. Rebecca Grumbes, of Philadelphia, Was admitted to probate in that city last week, It disposes of property to the value of $100,000, The following bequests to pubiico institutions were made:— Pennsylvania Bible Society, $1,090. bishop White Prayer book Society, $590, oun Widows and Singie Womens Society, 000. Pennsytvania Seamen's Friend Society, $1,000. Foster Home Association, $590, American Sunday Scio! Uuion, $1,000, P. H. Divinity school, of Puttadelpiia, $1,000, Ladies?’ Depository, of whica Miss Lejee is prest- Gent, $000, ‘Theological Seminary, Gambier, Outo, $1,009, ae oot Lyscopal hospital, Puiladelphia, $1,000. Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Clair, Schuylkiit county, $1,000, the anual iucoms Jrom wulen shalt revert to the pastor. Mission House, West Philadelphia, Rey. Alexan- der Sturas, principal, $1,000, African Mission Schovi at Cavalia, Pa., $1,000, the interest of which shail be used ior Lue education of & co.ored givi BOW @t said school, Uuder Lue direction, of Bishop Pay ue. ides American Church Missionary Society, $500. ~* , Protestant Episcopal Associauioa fur Uae Promo. tion of Canstauity Ainong tue Jews, 3500. 4h trust, $10,000 of six per cent loan of Penngyl- vadis, Lae in it and tacume Ww be puld Lo the per- soi BS iy Nae gi su in payment shall be the minister of pion chareh mh nawer 3 township, Montgomery couaty, or at the opuon of ike frustee, to apply the same in some ocber manhér for the use and venetit of the suid churca; and m Cite pep Shall be no iiuisier or no need of tue iunds lor repairs, the trustee 13, in some such mau- er as he may see lil, to appiy the fund for the use and benefit of the Episcopal Church, A collage in Monigomery county, formerly the residence of Rev, George Mintzer, is to be kept ta good order as & parsonage, whenever tiere ts a resi- dent minister of Union churen, und in case an Bpis- copal churen Ig built upon a fot granted vy deceased to “the rector, church wardeus and yesiry of St. Paul’s Memor.al church, Upper Providence, Mont goinery county,” which lot adjoins this cottage, thea the parsonage may be used and occupied Sy the rec- tor Of dt. s’aul’s Aermoriat church, Keligious Notes. At the late Mecca pilgrimage 110,000 pilgrims as. sembled at Mount Ararat—an increase of 25,000 over 1863. It is highly probabie that the two branches of the colored Methodist Church ia tus country will ba united, There are now fourteen Congregational churches in Nebraska, the oldest of which was formed only four years ago. The Vermont Saptist Convention reports 96 ordained ministers, Hil coarches and a membership Of S433. Last year 4% persons were recetved on profession. An unusually large wamber of munlsters gave accepted caus lo pisiorates im ober States auviag the year, The demand for missionary labur im Vermont is very great, A new feature of discomfort to Brigham Young ts. the exodus oi quite a colony Of 41s people from Sait Lake City to Independence, Mo. ‘The discontents re- pudiate polygamy, aud it 1s their taveation to sete down in that region and balld a iabcraacie of ther own, Where they may eujoy Mormonism 1a ats origi- nal purity In Chicago there are 12% Protestant and eleven Roman Catnoile churches, besided about twenty mis- Sion stations having reguiur chured services. Chere are also 8X BYuagoHUes aud meekng places tor Spirltualtsts and Nou-discipies. ‘rhe Baptista are the most numerous, having one church with 1.100 jaembers, and another Wilu 1,100, ‘he Metnodists ace second numevicaliy. 4 divectory of the German Catholics in this eoun- Iry, by EK, A. Rener, a Jesuit, of Boston. says there are ja the United states 1,16) Geraan Cataolc priesis, 705 German Catholic parishes, aud a German Cathole popaiaton of L044,v00 soa 8. If the aver= axe populauion of the non-German Catholic parisues 43 aboue equal to that of the Gerad, tue Lotai Catu- ole popiiauon of ine United States Would umouut Lo 3,850,000 ana FREEMASONRY. She Prince of Wales as Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England. {rom the Cork ({reland) Advertiser, Dec. 4.) On Wednesday eveaing the United Grand Lodge ngland assembled as the vreemasous’ Mull, ib Queen street, Lonades, when proceedings of more thin general interest occupied the acention of a large and brililan! assembiage—one, tudeed, of SLin modern times, ta consequence of th preseace of his oval Higuness the Prince of Wales, wiio entered for the first ime on Ms position of Past Grand Master, to wWhica be was elected at the previous Grand Lodge. The Kari of Zetland occu- pled the throne, having on his right the karl de Grey ana Ripon, with Mr. Algernon vreexins ta the Senior Warden's chair, wud Mr 4. G. Dodson, M. P., In that of the Junior Warden. Among the bretauren who occupied seats On the dais as Vast Grand oMfcers were the Duke of St. Albags, Sir VD. Gooch, M. PL; v. pir J. Warren Hay dir Albert W. Woods, the Vv. Ry J. Simpson, Major Creaton, Mr. R. Steboing (Mayor of Southampton), Mr. savage, Mr. Mclutyre, oir, BF. Roxburg, Q. O.5 dir Jauies Mason, and Colonel Col lodge had been formatiy opened the ad Master (Lord Zeuand) rose and said be had to totorm the Grana Lodwe tual Gls Royal biguness the Prince of Wales was waiting to pe ddmitted into tae Jodge. (Great applanse.) By Lue coaurmation of the muututes his Royal Highuess Was now a ineaoer of the Grand Lodge and cajoyed whe ttle of Past Grand Muster. ere could be but one feeling, which was one of rejoteing, auiong tue bretaren at the acces- sionof the Hiustrions brother to a seat in Grand Looge. (Applause) As his Koyal Highness was how wailing the noole fart, said he did not tink ib necessary Wo say auulher Word. He felt quice sure that all the brethreu rejoiced as he did, ana had We highest gratifeauon at acing their iustrious brother coming among thew. (Appiaus He would therefore direct (he two Grand Wardens, the jrand Director of Ceremonies and tue other oficers wo conduct his Royal liyoness into the lodge. (Cheers) vhe oMecers named then retired, and when they appeared with the Privece (ie Whole of the brethren simultaneously arose. ine Price Wore 4a orainary Master Mason’4 apron and the Order of une Garcer, Hie Was conducted to tig leit of the Grand Masier and remateed standing, rhe Grand Mascor, aiaressing the Prince, said May ikpleawe your Royal ligkuess, itis my duty to Welcome mos: Cordrally your Royal Highucss to the crand Lodge of Engiand. and f assure your Koyal Highness tia Us epoch has iong been wished for ond expected by the body of Masons forming ine { Hugiana. (Hear, hear,) 1 can further assure Koya Highness tat your advent to Masonry Was welcomed Most enticisiasiicaily by every pri- vate lodge in England. Tue craic in generai in Eng~ land ts Ko InNGH iMdedted LO the paLrouage of your yuyal Gouse tal they caunot bul be most desirous to sow theiy good Wishes to tua’ house, and tueir delugut at receiving your Koyal figness among tueu as & brother Mason. (Cheers,) [bis hardly necessary for me to eoumerate (ue woMbers of your royal house Who bave be patrons, uraud Masters aad members of the cratiin England, You nave only to look round to see the portraits of George LV., the Duke of York, aad your royal Highness’ more ti mediate apcesior, Uie uke of Kout—(eneers)—wo Know Wilat great advantages the craft im general have derived from sucn iiustrious patronage, aud (o make you weil aware of ue deugat waleh your oe @ into Masonry bas caused in Us country. (Cheers) Alter again alluding to the servicesof the Duke of Kent and sie Duke of sussex he invested the Prince with the “clothing of a Past Graad Master, and jyied Lim lO takO Dis seal as & Member of the Grand Lodge of England, Ail the tities of tne Prince were annuunced by Suv Alwvert’ Woods, Who pro- calmed the Prince vy his mew uve ta Masonry, Hits Royal Hughness the Prince of Wa Most Worsiupfui Grand Master, Deputy G ter, Grand Gillcers and Bretorou—Aliow me to tender You iny Warmest and sincere thanks for the great honor you have conferred upon me this evening. For along tine past it as been ny wish to becowe a Freemasou—a member Of FIs anuent erat, Al- though, brethren, | Was initiated in @ foreiga cow try, Lat the same time felt—and you will agree wi me-—that Freemasvory is one and the same in countries; We are feliow craftsmen; and I can assure you I feel tt # great houor vo be here to-day—ad-! muted ® member of the Grand Lodge of England. (Cheers) Allow me to thank you once more, Most orsbiplul Grand Master, for the gind words you jhave spoken and for tae cordial manger in which you and ail the breturen Wave received me this even- ing. (Applanse.) The Pine Len took his seat on a chair which was surmounted by the plume the Principality. He to hear the conduct of business, which Was HooUnced resignation of office by the Grand Master and the nomination of the Kari de Grey and i@pou as the hari's sty or. In the course of the evening his Koval Hizhness was “salucod’? with th Koyal Bligh. Which appeared Lo give hin great graue Oeaven and wo lie asouisuiment, ~ |