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para her inch.” Ho performed many miracles, but Bedoneaan’ Seslcece eee ere mou foal, He aracter. 4 fgened the eyes of the blind, He heated the sick aud raised the dead. ‘These were the miracles He per. formed, Now he called on us to perform the miracles Fgoeaing toe eyes of those Who are morally blind. ‘physician who gives the right medicine and who cures the patient Is re; led as @ wonderful an ang bis ag @ miracle. “ nigh This man under- ND ITS MARVELLOUS RESULTS, yet ho who | ata le hand upon the shoulder of the r unfortunate who 18 about to cominit suicide saves him does more than the physician ever After some further remarks the reverend gen- tleman concluded Renae that we wanted a great things, but should remember the source of ‘moral power was not in the preacher, nor was it m she sermons; it was in Christ, Christ first and Christ last; and he hoped God's holy spirit would help us ‘to-day to grasp this source oF moral power, ! ' ‘WASHINGTON CHURCHES. jNew York Avenue Presbyterian Church. bd WASnINGTON, Auguat 21, 1870. At the New York Avenue Presbyterian church, ‘which is under the spiritual direction of the Rev. Mr. ‘Mitchell, the attendance to-day was slim, but com- prised several of the most respectable people of the city. The services were marked by that simple beauty which characterizes churches of this persua- sion. After several hymns were sung and an im- pressive prayer offered up by the pastor the sermon was delivered, the subject being the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of St. John—‘And as Moses ‘ifted up the serpent in the desert, 80 must the Son of Man be lifted up.” The clergyman spoke of the punishment sent by the Almighty in the shape of FIERY SERPENTS to torment and kill the Jews for their murmurings against Moses and ingratitude to himself, He alluded to the cure ordered by God when the Jews prayed to be delivered from the destructive serpents, ‘and argued thence from that we are not expected to understand always why God commands things to ‘be done, but that when we know they are His will, then we should obey cheerfully. e Lord com- TManded Moses to have @ serpent of brass con- structed and itfted up in the public place as a sign. “Whomscever being struck shall look on it shall live.” The Israelites did not seek other modes to heal their wounds when they were bitten by the serpents. ‘They believed implicitly that the mode pointed out by the Lord--namely, looking upon the brazen serpent of Moses—was tne best, and that it would be useless to uy any other, Notwithstand- ing their murmurings before they bowed down b Tore the scourge of God and eagerly availed them- selves of Ris remedy. The speaker drew a picture of the scene that might be supposed to have occurred in the great Jewish camp one the scourge aud While the brazen serpent was lifted up as the only cure. He represented them as not waiting to argue or discuss the be Mriog of the cure, not hesitating and doubting its eMcacy, but rushing to the healing ground, and wrestling and wrangling to get a view of the serpent of brass, How dierent tt isin our day. How men now neglect to the very last moment THE CURE PREPAKED BY THE ALMIGHTY for all their spiritual weaknesses end transgressions, ‘How they stop to reason and argue and doubt until 1 ws too iate. The hand of death 1s upon them, and they pass away to the eternal account before they have felt the bealing influence of Christ's atonement. In their business affairs men do not go act. When they are sick they send for the doctor ana employ every precaution to prop up their bodily health. They are willing to accept the cures prescribed Without _ insist! upon understanding — every- thing. But in the case of their eternal salva- ‘ion they are altogether different, When appealed to earnestiy they argue, reason and doubt. They tell you about predestination and the uselessness of doing anything of themselves, since God has fore- ordained everything. The speaker endeavored to shatter these illusions on religious points and to explain the true Presbyterian doctrine on the sub- Ject. He explained the crucifixion of Christ as being Prefigured in the brazen serpent of Moses. The son oie ‘Was lifted up, as the serpent of brass was in e days of Moses, ‘That whosoever believeth in Him may not perish, but may have life everlasting.” if we are to be saved we must look to Christ on Calvary, believe in His atonement for our transgres- and imitate His divine example. NINTH STREST METHODIST cavROn. WASHINGTON, August 21, 1870, At the Ninth street Methodist church Rev. Dr. Drinkhouse took for his subject “Crucifixion Before Glorification,” ana selected as an illustrative text Matthew twentieth chapter, twenty-eighth verse— “Even as the Sou of man came not to be ministered ‘anto, but to minister, and to give his hte asja ran- som for many.” After a brief explanation of the meaning of the text, and its relation to the verses Which preceded it, the reverend gentleman tommented upon the story of Salome, the mother of “Zebedec’s children, who hay- ing brought her sons, James and John, to our Saviour’s presence, asked that one might be seated on his left and the other on his right hand tn His kingdom. Christ asked were they able to drink of his cup and to receive His baptism. Their inex- perience in a Christian’s warfare and their cont- dence in theif own strength prompted the hasty answer ‘We are able.” Jesus replied that the seats of honor they desired were not His to give, but that they should, indeed, drink of His cup and receive His baptism. James died a martyr’s death, while John endured banishment, thus confirming the Lord’s prediction, To our own life the subject was equally applicable. The seats at the right and left hands of the master of a house are to this day regarded as ‘places of distinctive honor; but they were pecullarly so in the days of which the text speaks. Jn those days victorious leaders of civic and military fame purchased these distinguished seats by the side of thoir rulers with study and hardship. The drift of the text showed that tle only way to mount to these high places of glory in the spiritual kingdom was by the oraeal of suffering and true humility in the service of love, which 1s the measure of Christian greatness. To drink of Christ’s cup, to recelye his baptism, to minister rather than be ministered to, the Bible shows 18 yel the way to secure His crown of reward, for which on earth it ig necessary that we should bear His cross, SERVICES IN NEWBURG. The True View and Right Use of Property— Tho Homan and the Divine Title to Pro- perty—The Appurent Waste of Gods Bounty—Chrizt Knocking at the Door of the Human Heart. NEWsURG, August 21, 1870, Atthe American Reformed church this morning Rev. William H. Gleason chose for his text Matthew xXXxvi., 8—To what purpose is this waste?” In the introductory part of his discourse the preacher laid down the principle that we have no inherent right w property. Our only claim to it is througn jaw. According to human law the ultimate title to ail property rests in the State. According to the divine Jaw God is the owner of ali things. His title 1s per- fect, considered in whatsoever respect, The history of human title was—frst, use only— as of pasturage by the patriarchs; second, Tor life, reverting again to the public at death; third, by descent, where the law allows heirs to inherit. The world acknowledges that it has only the use of property; blames the muser for hoarding and the profligate for spending. Yet if they were avsolute owners they would be responsi- ble \o no one but themselves. The world could not open its month against them or their misuse of pro- perty. The preacher held, first, that the selfish usé of property was not the proper use of it; it was al- ways “waste.” This the ricn fool in the parable found to be the case. But we were driven out of this error by practice in dally life, as we were com- pelled of necessity to benefit others tn order to benefit ourselves. ‘his position was illustrated by @ releronce to commerce, the system of national ex- changes. ‘This was really for only a selfish end, but In obtaining that end we benefited nations and in- dividuals while securing to ourselves the comforts that cowe to us through this ig he of exchange, Second, the use of property for humanity was not always its proper use. Itwas sometimes “waste.” There was a better use of it than even for the Purposes of charity. This age always wanted an eguivalent for 18 gifts. Mf it gave anything for benevolent purposes it wanted to see an exact re- turn made. This was really @ mean view. Much mronerty, was wasted, considered merely in the light of human results. Third, the use of property for God Was the proper use. property used in this way ‘Was never wasted, Acco! ig to the merely human view of things the life of Christ, of his disciples and of the saintsihad been fallures—a “waste” of energy and material. According to that view, catiedrals and churches had never ‘paid.’ Rents were income, and norents had veen derived from these sacred edifices, Yet, in @ higher and nobler view, there had been 4 divine and sacred “return” trom these things, which was beyond and above all earthly profit. From the foregoing were derived the {vliowing conclusions and applications:—First, ‘the improper use of pro is waste. Destruction is not always waste, as when we destroy to build up something better and her. No one really desires to waste property. Every one wants to use property, yet very often fearful mistakes are made in the use. Second, the wordly result is not the test of ‘waste. We must go and work without regard to re- suit. God biesses faith—not works. Third, we are Fesponsible to others for waste. We are morally bound to satisfy not se ourselves but others in the use of cur talents. This responsibility runs into gossip and unjust criticism when carried’ to an ex- treme, We criticize a lady for her stiye of dress ana 2 Man jn the use pl his property, and 10 49 dolpg we NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST: 22, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET; acknowledge the right of indging cach other. The error ts only the extreme to which we carry It, Fourth, note the difference between the judgment €f this world ana that of Ubrist. The world says, in t@ words of the text, “To what purpose is this waste?’ Christ says, “She hath done a good work upon me.” Tho world says'that the time Spent in religious exercises is “waste.” God says it is fot, So, too, of wealth, God's bounty is free, Much of it seems to be wasted, Humanely speaking. The rain fails on the cart Ye garden. His treasures are scat- ter hf rorUsion rt of the earth, Yet the very fuluess and ieee OC his gifts constiiute their worth and value, Many a wou “ie gee herself with “precious ointinent,” and the world has considered the adorning a proper one. Many & Woman has given the price of it—three hundred ence’'—to the poor, and the world has considered that proper. Butit would say that the woman re- ferred to in the text had waste’ hers, Yet her gift ‘was accepted of God, and “wherever the gospel should be preached there should chis be told asa memorial oi her,” while the gifts of Kings would be forgotten. Her gift should never be forgotten, In the evening the reverend gentieman took for his text Revelation tit., 20—“Behold, | stand at the door and knock,” Every man’s house is his casile, This protection on ven by iaw. So with the heart, We hold” ty ‘ Gnd Tam; and open Christ m1 sé enter in opposition to our wit ms. is not on account of the strength of our Beart-cldadel, Wut by reason of the supreme law that God had established, Man’s will was the keeper of hig heart, Its deiences were the “tiouglis and imi tions of the heart.” its main object seemed to be to keep Christ out, not to shut out evil, for that was Irecly aduitied. ‘The manner of Christ's approach Was twolold—tirst, pas- sively, “Behold, I stand@;” second, actively, “and kKnock,’’ Lhe power of repose bt olten greater than that of action, He staads at the door—vhe best way. God's providences are open doors for Chrisi—the best way for Him to enter. He stands at ihe doo! the nearest way, Christ comes as directly and as close as He can to the heart, He stands at the door— the usual way, All things enter at the door. Christ comes on the same footing as thing else. He will not storm the or creop in as a stranger; He comes throu, ny door. As to His active indueace, Obrist. “kno through all the solemn words of truth; through God's providences; through the thoughts of our own hearts. Soie are waiting for the proof of ail this. They want Christ to not only “stand and knock,” but also toxpeak. That proof will never be given. Christ has made man the master of his own heart. ‘Though Christ has almighty poWer aud might break down the defences of the human heart, He never ex- ercises his power tn this way. Christ's great conde- scension is seen in| His conung from His throne in heaven and consenting to stand as asuppliant at tho door of the human neart, asking admission. He once passed through the gates of death, of hell and of heaven, all opea to Him, So ought the door of our hear: to be open to Him. SERVICES IN ELIZABETH. THIRD PRESBYTERIAY CHUROR, Appeal for “Spiritual Aid tor the Freedmen— Sermon by the Rev. tdward G. Kead. Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Read, pastor of the Third Presbyterlan church, preached, to @ pretty large congregation, a sermon on the state of the colored people in the South. The reverend gentleman took for his text “Acts, Xvi., 9, 10:— And a vision ap- peared to Paul in the night, There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, come over into Macedonia and help us, And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go mto Mace- donta, assuredly gathering, that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto them.” ‘These words mark an era in the early SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY throngh the labors of the Apostles. The era 1s that of the introduction of the Gospel tnio Hurope and the Western World, Paul and his co-laborers had twice travelled over Syrta and Cilicia, and the various provinces of Asia Minor, preaching the Gospel of salvation and gathering mto church or- ganization those who believed. We read that they not only confirmed the souls of the disciples by thorough teaching, but made proylsion for perma- nent instruction and discipline by ordaiming them elders in every church—no doubt teaching as well as raling elders. But’ when, upon his second missionary. tonr, Paul and his fellow laborers had gome over to Porygia and Galatia, they ‘were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia.”? Still, “coming towards the provinces of Mysia, in the northwest of Asia Minor, they tried to go to that of Bithynia, east of Mysia, the spirit suffered twem not.” They passed by Mysia, the: re, and went down to Tr a seaport town, Learly opposite Greece. Apd there Paul saw the vision recorded in the toxt, the Man of Macedonia standing and be- secching hun, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”? This vision Was conclusive to the disciples of their duty, ‘They therefore immediately sought means of going into Macedonia, assurediy gatuer- tug, that is arguing or couctuding that the Lord had chosen them for ints special service of preaching the Gospel in Europe. ‘Tney went, and traveiied not only through Macedonia but througa ali Greece. In Athens, tne seat of learning and of science, and in polished Corimth, they prociaimed for along ume the good news of salvation through a crucified Re- decmer, And there they lit for Europe the dame of saving truth, which has burned on through all these centuries #nd@ sheds to-day tts mid and quenchicss ight upon those regions of Asia that were first evan- gelized, but have tong since iapsed Into 1guorane: This Macedonian cry was fruitful therefore of agre: movement, One WhiC gave Lie Gospel to a contin and provided tor the evangellzauea of map lions, But Waat was there 1b wt which made nt s powerful? What did the disciples see in tt to turn them to this new course? Why it staply brought to their notice a great spt al destitution, Which they felt themselves bound to supply. Here was a coun- wy and people without any KuoWledge of Chrisi— precious sous perishing and jooking wo them ior help. J¢ was such an appeal as a drowning man makes to ove Upon the shore Who stauds Tope tit hand, having the means of saving him. And dise! ples could not resist Ul y It was a different race to which ney were it Is true, and Jew- ish pride might have rebelled against condescending to go lo a Gentile and heathen race. But ine PRIDR OF RACE en pretty weil extinguished in them already. shown thei all througa Asia cor a period of many years that they should uot cail any man common or uncle The disuivles might have hesitated to, becau. f the superstition ana idolatry mm Which these Macedonian and oUler Westeru na- tions were sunken, or bi “of tie many degrad- ing habits which they practised, But all (bese views: anorded ip the discipie’s view ouly the wore reason for communicating the gospel of salvation to those heaihen people. The worse tiv moral coudition the more need wey had of being taught the trutu. And, therefore, as Luke writes, immediately Paul and his lellow laborers endeavored to go ints Mace- donia to preach the Gospel there. Bur to-day ther js comm to us such a cry for heip, as came to discipies across the Ajgean sea. From the soutiern part of our country 4,000,000 of freedinen are r ing Out their hands wad ask for the bread of Life heed no night Visious toassure us of their spiritual destitution, or of their readiness to receive the Gos pel. ‘The facts of the case are all familiar to us, i- Stead of being UuknOWN as they were to the disciples mm the case of Macedonis ‘The people woo cry to us for help are a different race from that which we belong to; but then our Christianity Knows no differences of ruce preachiug of the gospel. At this moment conducting tussions at considerable ex- sand with great sacrifice of valuable lives in ery country [rou Wiich these ireedmen orig ime. And in Africa the natives are far um supersiitious, more degraded and repulsive, than are many of their descendants in this country, Yet We bear them calitng to us from Africa for Py and we go to tem; how much more shail ¥ when they cry to us Jrom the bouads of our own country and in the language we ourselves spi ‘The reverend speaker in very cloquent and touch- ing language showed t the principle upon which our OWn missions Were condueted is applicable in tis connection. Wherever ihere is a spiritual want there inust the Gospel be sent; Wherever there are souis to be saved the © must provide that tt news of salvailon by a Crucified Christ: shall be pro- claimed, ‘That there is spiritual destitution among the freedmen cangot be deuied. Have they, wo, souls to be saved? If 80 we must Send the Gospel to them unless We can go Ourseives. Let political feel- ings and prejudices be laid aside and call to our aid the priuetples of Christianity. M: the work a Chrisuan work tn which ail good Presbyterians should take an interest personaliy. In 1869 there were 14,000 cotored members of the Presbyterian Church in the Southern States. These would represent 4 coiored community attached to the charch of about five times that number, say 70,000, There were, however, very few separ organizations for cuiored people; iiey were mem bers of the same Churctes as the whites and enjoyed the labors of the same pastors. When the war broke out the divistons took place in the church. No less than nine Synods, including forty Presuyte- ries, wentott from us and organized A SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, with their own General Assembly and entire tnde- pendence of us. When the war closed a vast field of missionary enterprise was opened to us among those biacks. And the way it was brought avout was thia: During the war, and especially effected by its close, a great change had taken piace in the civil and social condition of the colored people. ‘They had been emancipated, which produced a change of feeling a3 well as of condition, and they were unwilling to continue the old relations with the whites. Hence they desired separate organiza- tions and their own pastors. ‘The reverend gentleman pleaded the spiritual cause of the colored race tn the South end labored to show that as they are now citizens they should be thoroughly instructed in the principles and truths of Ohriatian life as well as teaching them political ideas. Todo good in this connection, with permanent results, churches must be organized and a colored ministry trained up with that view. The peculiar prejudices and superstitions of the colored people can be overcome in matters of faith as well as poll- tics by having ministers of thelr own color to point ont to them the great want of their souls’ eternal welfare. This is a work in which the good Christian women of the North and South could extend their sphere of usefulness in educating the colored female iu her moral and social virtues, Walch would have _® powerlgl lngacuse ior gooc. time | the FRENCH REPUBLICANS. Appeal to the Opponents of Napoleon, An American Ploeds for All Frenchmen to De- fend France in This Hour of Peril, To TP REPUBLICANS OF FRANCE :— Asa native of the great republic of the New World, and the son of an Irish patriot who was forced to fice the political proscription which hal- lows the memory of the lamented Emmett asa martyr to the cause of liberty, I venture to coun- sel with youin @ spirit of fraterpal candor and trath. It has been my lot to spend some years of @ somewhat lengthened life in the civil and mili- tary service of my beloved country. I have served in the halls of legislation, upon the fleld of battle, and am now serving her upon the bench of public justice; and, in whatsoever capacity I have served, Ihave been proud of her growing great- ness and alive to the superior obligations of patriotism. Aside from our common humanity, this is my title—my only title, to address you. : My abode is in the capital of Mlinois, the most Prosperous and promising State of the American Union. From this standpoint, afar from you, in the boundless prairies of the Western hemisphere, and separated from Europe by a vast ocean, I turn my eyes with anxious solicitude upon the terrible drama passing upon the stage of imperial France. The Franco-Prussian war is a stupend- ous event, irresistibly fixing the rapt attention of the civilized world. What the part you as repub- licans propose to take in. it? Will you seize upon {it as an opportunity to add the horrors of domestic revolution to the dangers and trials of a war with alien enemies? Will you seek to extort arepublic from the travail and distress of your country, at the cost of her safety and honor? This would be unworthy of you as republicans, as Frenchmen, and you are incapable of it. I banish the horrible thought from my imagination. Your part will be far different; you will swear upon the altar of your country eternal resistance to her invaders, and sink or swim, live or die with her noble canse. Better to perish all freemen than to survive all slaves. The memories of your fathers are a kindling, glowing inspiration to heroic deeds and self- sacrificing devotion. The republicans of revola- tionary France beat back the armed hosts of coalesced kings from her sacred hearth-stones and homes. ‘The shouts of victory at Jenappes, Houdachoote, Wattiguies, Ourthe, Roer and Laon, still rolling their reverberations down the length- ening stream of time, rouse you to courage and action. Emulate, ontvie the constancy and valor of your aneestors, aud your deeds, Tike theirs, will ag eis swelling glory through the coming ages. Let all France resound as one stirring, warlike camp. Let the universal ery of French- men be, ‘To arms, to arma!” And when the signal of battle shall be given, seeking the post of danger as the post of honor, rush ye to the front and hurl the hanghty invader from your violated soil. In short, prove your faith by your deeds. Do this for the sake of yepublicanism, as well as for your country. In the same spirit of devotion, quell every rebellioua passion, stifle every resentful feeling, and, raising yourselves to the full height of duty, frown down every intrigue, cabal or faction having forits object or tending by its effect, to divide the French peo- ple and weaken the common defence. The Jews guarrelled and wrangled among themselves, while itus was battering down the walls of Jerusalem, their last refuge. Be warned by their fate. Teach the world that republican sentiments are not an ion to anarchy and violence—.that republi- is the parent of union, harmony, selt- denial, brotherly love and Christian forbearance ; that it isthe promoter of the highest sense of honor and the most scrupulous senge of public duty ; and if the excesses and even atrocities of rench republic of the last century be cited to the contrary, let it be answered that these aberrations were produced, not by the natural ac- tion of republicanism, bat’ by the fierce despera- tion ofa convulsive atruggie to preserve itself against the combined attacks of conspiring kings. Nevertheless, it should be understood that history teaches that the conditions of republicanism are of slow growth and uncertain development; that they necessarily consist in the virtue and intelli- gence of masses, that is to say, in the capacity and qualilication of the people to govern them- selves, and imply an advanced and fitting stato of society. Void of these conditions a republic cannot endure. Void of them itanust be a hot-bed growth, to perish by the first chilling blast or scorching san-ray. Hence the rare occurrence and nearly nuiform miscarriage of Fapupiice. Even | the United States, with all its peculiar advantages of isolation from the monarchieal systems of the Old World, of popular education and virgin fruit- fulness of soil, has had its rebellion, and is yet but a hopeful experiment upon a large scale. tt lam asked, why my concern for France in her present struggle? | answer, it is not becanse l have any persoual or national antipathy to Prussia, for T have none. With their relative controversial po- sitions changed I should sympathize with Prussia, and not with France. Kmigrants from Prussia and the States subject to her authority form a considerable portion of our population and are all worthy of the care bestowed upon them, both by our commo; d local governments. Yet Lsym- pathize with France because [ think her cause is just, and because, thinking it so, there is nothing to restrain the free expression of my gratitude for the timely and efficient aid she afforded us in the struggle of our infancy and obscurity for uational independence. If she had not stretched forth ber succoring armin that hour of our need who can say that the American States would not be to-day subject colonies of the British crown—that America would now be an ocean-bound republic worthy aud capable to influence the destiny of the world? I sympathize with France becanse she le: van of civilization upon the centinent of Enrope; because her ingenuity, her arts, her science and her mauners distinguish her aa a polished and re- fined nation: because her efforts and her care for the last eighteen years has been to improve her social condition and to develop her material re- sources by peaceful means; because, during the same period, under the able rule of her Emperor, she has been conciliatory and forbearing. lu this spirit, asx often as she has taken up armas, it has only been to defend the weak against the strong, as in the case of Turkey against the attack of Russia; of Italy against the aggressions of Aus- tria; of the Pope against the hostile enterprises, in turn, of the Italians; and when she had suc- cessfully fulfilled the noble mission of a defender she retired promptly from the stricken field, with no other agerandizement thav the glory of ber gencrosity and victories, and these were enough. It is equally true that the last eighteen he Emperor Louis Napoleon has been the chief, if not the sole surety of the general peace of Europe. Without him, as the arch without its keystone, the political fabric of Europe would have been more than once tum- bled by the rude shock of war into appalling ruins. It is these significant facts which, appealing trumpet-iongued to the oppressed national: Europe—to the Danes, the Swedes, the Hun- garians, the Turks, the Italians, the Hanoverians and Irish—irresistibly draw from them the warm- est expressions of sympathy and solicitude for the welfare of France. Prussia, on the other hand, has been eqnally turbulent and aggressive; in- deed, for more than a century past what nation of Europe has been more restlessly ambitious and covetous? Let facts speak for themselves. She tore Silesia from Austria, without even a seem- ing pretext, to minister to Prussian Inst of con- quest and territorial aggrandisement. She com- placently joined in the cruel dismemberment, of unhappy Poland for the same purpose. She usurped a dominion over a number of the German States despite their protestations and resistance of Austria at Sadowa, and after all this, as though fearful of retributive justice, she required of France her consent, under the penalty of war, to the dismantling of Luxemburg, @ Belgian fortress. Not yet content, contrary to good faith, she wrung from the feeble grasp of Denmark the un- willing spoil of Schleswig-Holatien, and last, but not least, she is detected in an intrigue to place Prince Leopold of Prussia upon the throne of Spain. If there is any augury in all this, what is its significance? Undoubtedly danger to Burope, and by the attempt upon the Spanish crown, most of all to France. France must ‘awake, aggrandieement? Is she not already decked wi garlands for the sacrifice? Prussian ambition and enterprise even now encompass her with a cordon of military posts—with Wurtem- burg Baden on the east, with the Rhenish Pp eson the north, and what, with English conni e in Belgium and Spanish subjection to Pr influence, will there be left to the Prus- sian to complete his coil and to crush France as the prey of bis treacherous snare? Such a de- - ad at least, a consistent explanation of iy illiam’s refusal to interdict, authorita- tively, the candidature of a member of his house for the throne of Spain; moreover, such a design rol oreven colorably existing, might we! Jot nce in tres 4 it as cause of war. the right of Spain to choose whot soever she may as her King, it is also to be ad- mitted that France has an eqnel right, upon her responsibility at the bar of public opiyion, to sée to it that such choice is not made as shall rsafety. Itisa maxim of public law : first duty of a nation to pre- serve . But in any view with what propriety oan Prussia reproach France for inter- the internal affairs of Spain? Does not precedent justity it? Was Prussia. leas Orous for the dethronement of King h in than France opposed to the enthrone- ment of Prince Leopold in the same country? If the elevation of the brother of Napoleon the First to the Spanish throne, even with the ap- probation of the Spanish grandees, compromised the political equlibrium of Europe, how much less will the elevation of the cousin and protege. of King William do 80? ‘The right to choos shall be Emperor, King or President me: immediately appertains i eigoty of the feople. French, as well as of the American pol founds alike the acknowledged title of t mm ror of France and the President of the United tates to their respective magistracies. This is an essential point of resemplance between the two countries, and in it consists another quicken- ing nerve of American sympathy for France in her present adversity. In respect to the elec- tive principle France has taken a long step in advance of Prussia, whose King, denying the — soverengnt! of the people assumed, by the Grace of God, to place the crown upon his own head. The one claims to rulg by the right of the people; the other by divine right.” The one acknowledies the sovereignty of the people; the other only the sovereignty of kings. This difference, wide and deep, places France and Prussia in political opposition to each other. Hence France, from political necessity, must become in the existing war the representa- tive of popular principles; s0 Prussia the repre- sentative of monarchical dogmas. Hence, too, the war, if it should be protracted, must take character on the one side or the other from these distinctive tdeas and reflect them. ‘The old battle between the people and royalty will need to be fought over. ‘The instinct of this boding eventu- ality is already moving the masses of Hurope and America. A political earthquake shakes the great globe itself. individuals and comwunitjes will give utterance to the sentiments in which they were trained. Hence Prussians and Englishmen generally, whether in the land of their nativity or adoption, will speak for Prussia; so Frenchmen and Americans for France, and 80 the line of sepa- ration will continue to extend, drawing new par- ties first into the field of debate, afterwards into the vortex of war, where their jarring differences must be resolved by the sword. But why this-solicitude of England for Belgian neutrality? Qui bono? Who constituted her the Cerberus of the Belgian fronticr? Would Bel- jum be less compromised by British than by Grencti or Prussian armed occupation? Who shall say so? Belgium has once or oftener slipped from the loosening grasp of France. Malta is still retained in the tightening grip of England. What, then, the decency of England's complaint of french interference in the affair of the Spanish crown while Engiand herself is offi- cionsly dictating the political relations of Bel- gium. In what right does she assume this prerogative? Is she clothed ‘with an im- ae denied to other sovereiguties? Eng- lish disinterestedness is not a proverbial virtue, still less English generosity. Professions are cheap and often deceptive. The serpent charms to destroy. The Greeks, through the artifice of a wooden horse, surprised the Trojans, so England, through the imposture of a feigned protectorate of Belgian neutrality, may enter Belgium, but, in fact, with the eventual design of making war upon France from a favorable and familiar base of operations. Let Mrance beware of Belgium, still more of Kugland, whose ancient enmities and maritime ambition render sensatively jealous of Frenoh rivalry. Belgium, too, has been a fatality to France. Hud there been no Belgium there would have been no Waterloo, no Belgie gate throngh which the conquering hosts of Belgium, England and Prussia could have exniting! marched upon devoted Paris; no Candine For! for Freuch humiliation. Frenchmen, the storm {s ap; the solemn hour of your nation’s crisis has struck. The whitening crucible burns with molten, crackling heat. Un- flinching fortitude, sacrificial devotion are the necessities of your situation. Can you sustain the searching test—the dreadful ordeal? dead past speaks. The pyramids of Egypt, the burning sands of Algeria, the chilling snows of Russia, the verdant savannas of America, the countless battle fields of Europe, commemorative of the glory of French arms, in the inspiriting voice of encouragement, answer aye! Courage, then, Frenchmen, courage! Heroes and martyrs of other times, and, not least, of your own noble land, have defied even greater extremity. To the rescue, Frenchmen! Ail is on the hazard. Strike for your altars and your fires, n graves of you! God—and your native land! France, Frenchmen—proud, heroic France, is your flashing, teeming, battle stage—the world, jeo arise or be forever fallen.” She has too long de- layed the stroke of self-preservation. Is she not already marked asa hetacomb to appease fora ravening appetite oJ Tusa all attent, your breathless spectator. In the fellowship of tae Adieu! JOHN A. McCLERN AND. MUSICAL REVIEW. From Henzel & Co., Paris, through Schuberth & o., New York, comes “Le Petit Faust,” opéra bouffe, in three acts, by Hervé, The two first operas of this composer, Which were produced tn this city under Mr. Grau’s management, “L’dSil Creve” and “Chilpéric,” were of more sterling worth, from a musical point of view, than all the works of Offen- bach put together, But the latter galnea much of his popularity and success over the shoulders of his clever librettists, Messrs. Metihac and Halavy. “Le Petit Faust” has at least a more intelligible libretto than either of ts predecessors, and the music is of a lighter and more popular character. Like ‘“Chil- péric,”” the overture 13 4 waltz, although inferior to its predecessor, which 13 worthy of Strauss himself, ‘The themes of both waltzes are excellent, ana either would ve @ favorite in the ballroom. A chorus of boarding school misses opens the opera, which, being merely fragmentary, cails for no remark, A brief galop theme, in @ minor key, and a thoroughly characteristic opera boule coda conclude Unis first number, Faust (comic tenor), makes his bow tn some charming couplets, and a@ very clever march introduces Valentine and his warriors. The gaiiant soldier recounts the deeds of heroism which await him, and speaks of the sorrow of parting from al! whom one holas dear. The cho- Tus interpolates the funniest kind of remarks—when Valentine sings, ‘The soldier, 1 gomg to the fleld, bids adieu to his mother,” and the chorus remark, sotto voce, “and supposing he has no mother.”’ The march theme is spirited and good and occurs fre- quently throughout the opera. Marguerite’s first airisa charming melody in nine-elght time, with a sort of ‘Olean ja! la! lal @ second part of it is a Tyrolicune through, and an excellent one at that, The su eding duo for Faust and Marguerite is a good specimen of dialogue in music, although the Seuse of the words would not, we think, be palat- able to. American ears. Mephisto makes his or her appearance in a merry rondo, in which, more honest than his he annoances his real name and There is a spice of Satanic malice and mischief about the measures of this rondo which wili make ita feature tn the opera when well sung. The fiuale of this act t9 a genulne cancan, gaiop theme, which has an irresistible tendeucy to elevate the toes, if notthe mind. The introduction to the second act contains an exceedingly pretty polka, with Sute variations, The opening chorus 18 a schotuseh thewe, of a popular character, Mephisto then sings a merry, ee legend, which has a moral attached to it, and Faust gives the polka theme in- troduced in the beginning of this act. The best part of the opera ts probably the waltz of all nations, which constitntes the overture, and which again occurs here, with full full chorus and varia- tions. Marguerite’s couplets about woman are very tunny, aad are followed by a trio of Fatherland (a well known German Jed) and a capital ties Ce on the grand pera in the duel scene. larguerite’s despair and her brother's reproaches are cleveriy bur- lesqued, and after an excruciating scene the music suddenly jumps into a cancan measure, With which the act concludes. A wedding chorus com- meaces the third act and is followed by a burlesque on Gounod’s King of Thule. fhe female chorus (Vestals) has @ popular, stiring ring about tt, After & song by Mephusto and a refrain of the battle song of the first act we come to a trio marvellously like “Champagne Oharlie.”” The hymn to Satan, which concludes the opera, is a fine, brilliant chorus. A remarkable feature about the opera is the veauty and variety of its instrumentation. Mr. Hervé handles the orchestra with rare skill and never allows monotony for an instant to mar it. This opera will be produced at the Olymplc, Grand Opera ouse and Kelly & Leon’s theatre this fail. A care- Jul examination of it does not change our opinion formerly expressed that the music of “L'G Creve ka we bees ever waukien by Her ye. 0) Hark! the | the washer: | re | by no means essential. NEWARK'S SOCIAL TROUBLES, The Sunday Liquor and Horse Car Questions. The Ninth Ward Anti-Lager and Rum Movemont Reviewed—Is It a Political Dodge }—-Who !ts Prime Movers Are—The City Officials Cor- nered—The Horse (ar Situation—Steal- * ing @ March on City Counsel’ Perry—Mayor Ricord’s Views of Both Questions. Some two weeks ago, in response to popnlar sentl- mont, the HERALD inaugurated war on the bigotries which prevailed in the city of Newark, N. J., pre- venting the horse cars from running on Sunday, end ever since persiste batued for the people's cause, until at length vict has crowned its efforts, Scarcely, however, has théquestion heen decisively quieted—while yet a few of the circumscribed | brained zealots of the opposition continue to stand forth, with a sort of mock heroism, in favor of the lost cause—another question, under the same ad- mitted obsolete law of 1846, is brought forward, and has already been worked into the leading social topic of the hour. This is the anti-Sunday liquor traMe movement, which was inaugurated some six or seven weeks ago to the Third wara, where, on notification of a committee of citizens that applica- tlon was about to be made to the authorities request ‘Mg that the law be carried out, several of the sa- loons quletly acquiesced. From here the movement spread to the Ninth,§the largest, wealthiest and most intensely republican ward of Newark, and was caughtup by John H. Edwards, a prominent democraue politician, and during the last Presiden- tial campaign the leading spirit and oficer of the Jackson Democratic Association, Joun P. Doremus, another well known democrat, and varlona others, including several equally weil Known politicians of the opposite stripe, It is noted asa fact, however, that the democrats seem to have decidedly taken the initiative in the matter. While they are accre- dited with the utmost sincerity in their action and purpose, it is loudly asserted by the democrats, and admitted by numerous leading republicans, that thetr strict honesty of purpose is being taken advan- tage of by their shrewder and deeper republican friends. in other words, Mr. Edwards and ts de- Mocratic colleagues are being prematurely pushed forward in the movement, while the republicans rest satisiied with positions as far in the background as poasible, Several wecks ago a call was issued, signed by Mr. Edwards, for a public meeting, irrespective of party, to discuss the subject of devising measures for the carrying out of the Sunday law. At this meeting an association was organized, with ofticers as fol- lows:—John P. Doremus, President; John H. Ed- wards, Secretary; John Sandford, Treasurer. David Collins was appointed a committee of one to district the work, and provisions were made for the appoint- ment for each district of committees of two, whose duty it would be to visit all the saloons in the several districts and notify the proprietors of the sense of the meeting and the objects of the association, At the same time copies of the law of 1846, prohibiting the keeping open of such places or the sale of liquors on Sunday were distributed. This accomplished the following Sunday week a tour of the ward was made and the names taken of those who were sill found open and in fuil blast. On the Bist of July Mr. Edwards appeared before Justice Dean, and made complaint of one Martin J. Loch- ner, No. 106 Walnut street. On the affidavit wiih Mr. Edwards appears the names as witnesses, of Ezra Narner, $43 Mulberry street; Wilham J. Min- gus, 20 Chesnut sireet: Jcremah ‘Baldwin, 74 Elin sireet; David H. Barnet, 40 Cottage street.’ A sum- mons returnable on the yth was issued, it was in- vended to make this A TEST CASE, but through the bungling of we officer who served the summons, who delivered to Lochner both tie original and the copy, the case tell tirough. Soon after, according to Mr. Colius, Cliy Counsel Parry publicly announced himself im faver not only of prosecuting the rumsellers for keeping open, but Jor selling too. Meanwhile Justice Dean declined trying such cuses unless he was so auvised by we City Attorney or Mayor. This saddied the matter on the democratic City Attorney, Michaei R. Kenny, who in turn wrote ou an upiuton which we have published. In this he declared point blank that such complaints would not be acted upon by hin “unless notice 13 first given and published’ by tie Mayor of the city of hts determmation to enioree tue provisions of the said ordinance, it ts noto- rious that they are not now enforced,’’ he continues, “and unless notice is given of the inteation to eu- force them the people will be takea by surprise and injustice ensue.” This pronunciamento, whatsver diversity of sentiment as to its propriety, occasioned no sterpation among the Ninth ward opposition- isis and in the community generally. While Mr. Kenny’s action was generally considered im bad taste it was also regarded as # pretty siarp dodge to shirk the responstbiiity. Some years ago the law on tis very point was enforced by Mayor Poinier, but popular sentiment compelled it to be abandoned before long, and more recenuy, during Mayor Veddie’s administration, tt wus Wied but ouly jor a lew Sundays. THE LATEST PHASE. On Friday night the Ninth ward nen hetd another meeting. Which was rather simly atttended., Pul- lipics denuneiatory of the practice of selling beer on sunday—leading the youths of the elty into bad com- pany and bad practices—were made by Messrs, Do- remus and Horace Alling, and & commi constst- ing of Messrs, Horace Ailing, David Coilins, Charles Campbell, W. H. Murphy and Jonn P: Doremus we: spnotaten to walt on the Mayor next; Thursday afiernoon and urge lim might be entertained little oon- to issue his proclamation te the effect tbat t law would be enforced, Should his Honor shirk the matter, then @ meeting of citizens wil b ied, and the Common Council urged to order an election, the saine a8 in the case of tie Sunday horse cars, MAYOR RICORD INTERVIEWED, With a view to ascertaining the opinions of bis Honor Mayor F. W. Ricord on the two leading loval topics of the day, a HERALD representative called on tat gentleman at his office In tue Newark City Hall yesterday. On being advised of the object of the visit, his Honor said he felt rather difident about being interviewed by gentlemen of the press, but still had no hesitation in giving his opinions, let them be worth what they might. Relative lo the action of Attorney Kenny, the Mayor said he thought the latter acted very stupidly because in the fret place he had no right to declare @ law obsolete, and because, i Ue second place, with un- surpassed impudence publicly required the Mayor to issue @ proclamation that the law would be enforced. “He might as well have asked me,” said the Mayor, “to ,issue a proclamation forbidding hogs or cow: to run at large.’ In # communication, believed to have been wiitten by hin, which appeared in one of the lo ‘3, he says “he ia not a subordinate of the May & co-ordinate, functions,” &c, A co-ordt oX- pression, bul must mean an equal, if it means any- thing. If he holds a position equal to iuat of the Mayor, why not issue a proclamation himseily “The fact is,” continued the Mayor, ‘tiis wuole thing 1s @ politicai movement. No sincere, honest man would proceed in this way. Political tricksters and oiice- seekers are Dot the meu to whom We must ivok for reforms,” SUS HONOR ON THE HORSE CARS, Mayor Kicord was equally plain spoken on the Sunday horse car question, and at the outset took occasion to compliment the HERALD for its fearless, stanch, unswerving and vigorous support of the people's cause in this matter, Recurring briefly to » people's vote on the measure, and more recently the action of the Common Council, he said he signed the resolution because the people, through their representatives, demanded tt, “if my private opinion,” he went on to say, “had been adverse to the subject I shouid still have signed it, for tt Was tn form and not at variance with the charter, the con- stitution or the statutes. My rule is never to per- mit my private opinions or personal interests to in- verfere with what [ conceive to be a ciear duty, The Council’s resolution is not in the least’ at variance with the spirit or even the lee ter of the law alleged to bave been vio- jated, The law tn question preseribes tuat ‘no stage or (stages’ (that is no public conveyance) ‘shall be driven through any part of the State on Sunday, except sufficient reason be offered to show thatit be done in case of necessity anmercy.’ I m credibly injormed that such reasous wore offered, and it was for such reason that the resviution wag paased. It would have been well, perhaps, to nave stated this ina preamble to the resolution, though In response to a question whether he considered the law in question ovaoiete, Mr. Ricord said, no law 13 obsolete or of no effect until so decided by competent authority, There could be no doubt of the fact that this law In ali its parts 13 rarely enforced. If tt were I could neitner visit the graves of my mother and children poe bey @ tune on my violin on Sunday.” Regarding the action of Rodman Backus and lawyer Oummi last Sunday at Woodside, the Mayor said it seemed to him the people there cared more for their apples and cherries than for Roopa the Sabbath day holy. As for Mr. Cummings, he simply acted as counsel, I suppose, and was impelled by bis acuon more on account of his round fees than any desire vocarry out the Vice and Immorality Preventive act.” PERRY OUTWITTED BY GRAVES. Saturday was the day set down for the judicial consideration of the cases of those conductors and drivers who were arrested last Sunday at Woodside. ‘These cases came before Justice Miller, and the first one, John M. Lority, put in an appearance about nine o'clock, Some person giving his name as Graves, cutirey unknown aug clauning to be & Jawyer, with @ great air of officio advised Lority to plead guilty, whi did, and waa ‘ined oerten om 4 regular turn Edward Osborne, Simons, J, D. Losey, Edward Lyon, Harvoy Law Rosen. Jo co Lemuel Baldwin, Munson Dodd, Geo! ry Wilham F, Mason, George Losier, Isaac rsen, Thomas Wilkinson, John Lumbine, Frank Plunkett and Benjamin Moore, each of whom, by the advice of the inystertous Graves, followed ‘Lority’s ex- wlople, By and by, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Perry, City Connsel, put in an appearance, and.discovering te ihareh that had been stolen on him by Graves felt rather wrathy. He had been Informed, he said, ae leven o'clock Was tne hour set down to © NeXt man Was John Bullman. In his case, after Cousiderable ridiculous legal and magisterial badg- ering, an adjourninent was had, on account of the abesice of Mr. Dennis, the superintendent, Further proceedings w re Postponed Ull next Friday, whea i's Case will be made a test, Event every nvicted and fired the money which 1s to the city foes back to the city through the Send ‘ a Lg ap words, li is just like 0 joney out of one pocket and putti ft mto another. The only denefit derived i the humbuggivg ts by the counsel and the justice, the! latter keting One dollar and eighty-flve cents for’ every conviction. According to the i: y ee oarehees than Backus, he rt hese ProseCUUONS, ames --— LITERATURE, | blththaniedald i Criticisms of New Books, , LETTERS, LECTURES AND ADDRESSES OF FReD> BRIOK W. ROBERTSON, M. A. New York: Harper & Brothers. The very large circulation which this book nas obtained in England may not be the best recommen- dation we can give it to the public, nevertheless tt if & proof of the merits of the “letters, lectures and ad- dresses” of the lave Mr. Robertson. The biography itself Is well written and entertaining, but the in- terest centres in the productions of the clergyman’ himself. These are pure and elevated tn language, finished in style, and are all, or nearly all, on rell- gion, embracing every topic in any way associated with the subject. Mr. Robertson was a Low Church- man, & vigorous opponent of the “pretensions” of Rome and also an opponent of High Churchisin, His lectures on the Epistles to the Corinthians are full of force and logic, ana wlll amply repay perusal. The ‘book 1s, in fact, Interesting throughout, and deserves to be widely read, © CuArtes Dickens; Tue Story or Hts Lien. By the author of “The Life of Thackeray.” With Iustra- tions and Fa¢-Similies, New York: Scribner, Wel- ford & Co, ‘This 19 by all means the best biography of the the great novelist which has appeared in print since his death. A clear story of his life 1s told, from his birth to the fatal day when he was suddenly struck down, with details, many of which we have not seen in print before, It is not, however, an elabo- rats blography, nor does the author claim it as such, but ft will, we have no doubt, be accepted by the adinirers of Dickens until a history of his career is written by Mr. Forster, his intimate personal friend, who possesses ampler materials for this work than any other writer, and who, it is stated, will be the biographer of his deceased friend. Until this what we may term authorized work appears the book before us Ought to be widely read. It is written well, The reviews of the novels and other writings of Dickens are in the main just and tmpartial. We Dave read the book through with the deepest in- terest. THE Wrnp IN His Crkvvrts, By Lientenant R. H Annit, RK. N, London: J. D. Potter. We have here asmail but very ambitious work. ‘The author, in the rst chapter, endeavors'to refute the theory of Maury on the atmospheric circulation, and in the second chupter gives his own theory on this important subject, while in the third he argues in defence of his ideas. Forctbly as ne writes, we cannot say that his arguments are strong enough to coustitute a refutation of Maury, but they are of suficient importance to demand a careful conside- ration. The fourth, Ofth and sixth chapters are des voted to explanations of monsoons and their forma- tion, on circular storms and equinoctial gales; explaining their formation, law of rotation and progress of cyclones, the formation of the seasons, aud other subjects of like interest and importance. | Out of a batch of novels before us the first we take up ure two volumes containing ‘*The Days of Bruce,’ by Grace Aguilar. (New York: D. Appleton & Co.) ‘This is the best of all her works, and 1s undoubtedly ‘one that will live for many years to come. As with the other volumes tn the new and uniform edition of ber writings, these before us are admirably printed and bound. Not least among their merits 1s the very low price at which they are issted, A very pleasant story is “fhe Old Countess,'? translated from the German of Edmund Héfer, and publisned by Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia. It 1s just the thing to while away half an hour or so by the seaside or in the mountains or cars these warm August days. The translator seems to have per- formed his part of the work ably and faithfully. The title of the latest novel written by Mrs, Ann S. Stephens is “Married in Haste.” (Philadelpiia: tT. B. Peterson & Brothers.) While the plot is not very deep, the story 18 highly sensational ana excit- ing, and ts sudlctently well writcen to interest the reader. Better than the ordinary ron of novels, “Widow Goldsmith’s Daughter,” by Julle P. Smith (Hart- W. Barrows) would be more acceptable tf 1t were not so long. It ts well written; much ability is manifested in the drawing of the characters, some of which are admirable portraitures, and the story liself is interesting. But there is entirely too mach ofit. Every author 1s nota Scott, a Thackeray, a Dickens or a Hugo, and none but the work of a genius can mduce most readers to peruse @ novel of 664 pagea. Occasionally the dialogue in this pook 1s auniess, and there is too much of the descriptive in each chapter. Nevertheless, we repeat that “Widow Goldsmith’s Dangliter” 18 above the average of novels, and in criticising tts demerits we nave not forgotten its merits, which are decided. Fresh, vi- vacious and clever, it is a promise of a really excel- lent American novel. i Among the sensational stories of the day ‘Forgiv- en at Last’ ought to stand high. Hopeless love, years of unhappiness, murder and arson, and other things calculated to work up the sympathies of hu- manity, combine to make the book exciting, to say the least of it. Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia, are the publishers. ‘To those who desireto keep on hand a stock of witty paragraphs “Prenticlania; or, Wit and Humor in Paragraphs” (Philadelphia: Olaxtom, Remsen & Hoffeliinger), 13 just the thing to get, The book con- tains some 800 pages, full of the admirable mots of the late George D. Prentice, of the Loulsyile Journal, Whose reputation is so great that we need say nothing more in commendation of the book than the mere announcement of its author. A biographical sketch of Mr. Prentice, well written and ioteresting, takes up the first twenty-eight pages, THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. ‘Three thousand and forty passengers arrived at this port from foreign ports during the past week. The notable decrease tu the matter of emigration is owing mainiy to the war tn Europe, which has ab- sorbed all the floating population of Germany and contiguous countries. The above arrivals were divided among the following vessels: Stramahipa. Port Apme Gardner. Minnje K.... Schooners. John Atwood Dragon...... Total. estas WHY LABORERS SUFFER, * To THe Epitor oF THE HeRaL! of P Why do not the Board of Pablic Works and the Croton Board pay contractors when they have ished their jobs? I, and many others like me, dnd frimposaible to Ret our pay until weéks after it has been due. If the boards paid more promptly 3% would heip the laborer much, tor they by most tig. unable to contractors on account of bei recetve their pay. The city work NOW OWes Me BOMe $10,000, which has been standing months, T find other con- tractors in the same My, 1 suppose some one le waiting for page ich , CONTROTOR,