The New York Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1870, Page 5

sue #8 NOW A’ moy—Protemantism— BO, whe 4 tue aborigines of ti1s w sty the earth aud subdue tt,” nr Aare here which has done che ‘more Sad extens vely than it had reen done, And tn tins mater of trang minds for hevven, when the parents whose ‘daty it ie 0 (rain their ofspring 1 the ways 4 a A é falied to lo it, Ue raised up others to tals and sun "dy school teachery” have now the portans department of Christian activity to to of ffy in the inoral economy of Jehovah hey place the iittte minds and the litue feet the léwer steps of the Christian stairs, and b: le Sale pnd pois the cue ad. ‘van 0 step until they enter the Church Bap Bia at iast perfect before ‘Goa, Py r 3, : GRACE cHiRes, Xs Christiunity Playod Out t—Genesis and Geolosy—Vhis Country Soon Ripe and Soon Rotten—RNitualistio Religion=Sermoa by the Rev. Dr. Potter. “Can I have a seat, Mr. Brown?’ “Mr. Brown, will you give me a place now!” “Please, Mr. Brown, Put me sonewhere.” “Now,” answers MR, SEXTON BROWN tothe ninety-nine applicants who tease him every Bunday with such requests, “{ have just told one of you, and | repeat now for all your information, that I cannot assign a stranger to any place or pew Guul after the services commence, Alt my own People ure in town now, just come back from Europe and the country, and they may all attend here to-day or they may not. I cannot allow any- Dody’s pew to be occupied until I see whether he or ‘@ny of bis family comes to occupy 1%.” Such was the speech Mr. Brown was heard to de- liver yesterday afternoon to the large number of Persons urged by a combination of piety and curt ‘Oxity to witness the INTERESTING RITUALISTIO SERVICES. at Grace church, aud hear the eloquent Dr. Potter, who, after having gone through @ strange series of sou!-saving ceremonies, music and prayers, culcu- lated to make a drowsy listener dream of attending 82 OUl-ANG-oUt Inga mass ta some Roman Catiollc cuthedral, repeating the Niceae Creed clear through, end asking THE LORD TO TAKE PARTICULAR PAINS im blessing tne President of the United States and ail ((ue Goveipor olf New York Was uot specially re- Membered) who heid poiltical power, as Well as tae Dishops and clergy. Alter tiis ihe eminent Doctor eroeeded to deilver 13 sertmon on the text—One jay is with God as a thousand yoars, and a thousand ears as one day,’ ‘vere is Wisdom and comfort in 11s paradox of the aposuies. ‘he early Chrisuans ef the Bast all believed tat Cartst would soon come back to them again; butit turned out that things GUM continued as they had been; no Christ came ‘Back LO those eXpectait people, who Were so far dis- Sppointed, and tle scvocers triumphanuy re- nved, How was this? Were the scoilers right? bat the tollowers of Christ had made a Mistake, They counted time according to their Own ideas of tine, ‘the six days, lor instance, in Which we are toid the world was created, now @svertaimed not to be mere days of twenty-four hours’ uration, but six long and separate periods of time, We do not believe that God made the earth in six @avs, becuuse the scleuce of geology plainly proves GOD COULD NoT DO SUCH A THING. Of course God could do ail things in a moment if He liked, but ite never aliowed nselt 10 be ted to any limitations of tine; and there was no p Wcular reason why He suould go out of way to make this world im a hurry, The lessons of the past and our own ex- eres of everyday Ive ail go to convince us jt God never takes violent steps to accomplish His Purpose. Lt wouid be desirasie, DO doubt, to have all mankind brought witnin the circle of the true Feligion; but the religion of Joss has heen in the Word hearly iwo Wousand years, aud whut bas it accomplished? Scarcely one-lith of the whole popu- lation of the world are even professing Christians ab @ll; but they all will bein Gou’s own good ume, and when tbey cap be brought within the foi’ in the natural way—ihe way in whici God has always ac- complished his beneficent igus. Philosophers, Bo-calied, and advocates v0; certain isms ollen say to us mowadays that the Ciirimuau religion has outlived its uselulness, aud that we shouid now adopt some- thing in its steau that can better bear the light of Science. We answer, God hus not yet sald so. Christiatliy has not yet come to mutunty., Great pings never mature rapidly. The lowest thing that has ie in it ts the soonest to perish; but as you ascend the scale of the animal creation 1 is very different. No living ting bus such a loug and weary end painiul infaucy as lian, aud if ihe lower ani- Mals could reasun they weuld often wouder at our Jong und helpic-s youth. Then, again, we moral faculties are Uae siowest to ripen SHE PROGRESS OF A NEW NATION 1s the most rapid, because it has physical questions miainly te deal with, and its victories are all over me fepoael digicules only. ‘Lhe mavous in the p Bt Were the first to ripen were also Lie quickest to be rotten, This nation oi ours has ripeved with feariul rapidity, and it uow gives meiuncholy evi- dence of 113 approaching rotienness, lor we have the foulest corruption m our poliucs, dishonesty and dishonor in business, ly pocrisy and Cant i religion, and discord and immora ty la the family. byery- tr His thiug that 18 soon ripe is Souk rotten, und the Cliris- | tian relmien has Bot accomplished ts mission, be- cause so far from bemg on the verge of decay it 18 only yet mm its tujancy, Wita God “a tuousand years ie Dut as a day.” ST, BERIARD?5 ROMAN CATHOLIC COURCH. Sermon by Nev. Father Healy—Forty Hours Devotion—Fsith and Reason. The new Catholic church dedicated to St, Ber- pard, on West Thirteenth strect, near Tenth avenue, was well filled yesterday by the pious congregation to assist at the celebraiton of high mass. The church has been opened but recently, and everything about &t is bright and new. Rey. Father Patrick Mealy ts the Grst pastor, and it 13 ms first church, he having been ordained but afew months ago, One cause for the Quusuaily large attendance was the commencement fthe FORTY HOURS’ DEVOTION, which takes place at this church now for the first time. ‘this edifice was buili particularly to accom- modate the people living in the immediate he Dorhood., Heretofore they have been worshipping at a distance {rom their residences, and their num- bers were so large that tt was deemed necessary to pot up a special structure. The main building of the new parisa, however, will be erected in Pour. teenth street, near Ninth avenue. The present building was inteaded only for temporary use, and Wiil be dispensed with a8 soon as the large churen is finished, fhe building will be begun next spring, The sermon, by the pasior, was chiefly 10 rela‘ion to the forty hours’ devotion, aud to the grace ex- tended by God W those wao sought him. He spoke of the peace of mind that belouged to those whe belonged to the true chureh of Christ. Tue Chureh ts ever mindful of hev children; she is ever reyardful of their comtort, and protects them trom every iL. In prosperity and adversity TUE CHURCH 18 THE ONLY CoMFoRT, for though worldly prosperity may bring earthiy happiness, the true happiless of Heaven cules ouly from the Chureh. de spoke of the many trials and tribulattous that are inseperabie irom human existence, and advise the congregation to look to Cumst and the Chureh for strength. In relerence to the forty hours’ devottyn the speaker explained that it was iustituted in the city of Milan, in the year 1534, by FATHER JOSEPH, AN ITALIAN MONK. The city was at the time resieged by a foreign host, and the inhabitants, inrough want, had been reduced to the greatest extremity, Their condinon Was truly dreadiul, when Vather Joseph, with a ropheuic tnspirauion from heaven, proposed to Imitate the forty hours that Christ had spent in the garden, una devote themselves for the same length of time to fasting and prayer. His advice was auended to, and for the succeeding forty hours the people of tie cliy be- thought themselves of their concition and appealed to heaven; they confessed thelr sins and took the wacrament, and thea went torch to igo with fresh vigor. The effect was soou seen. Tie God of Hosis guided their arius, and the Gily Was releved. ‘Lhe speaker urged his hearers to brivg up their cniidren in We true faith, to brivg them to the altar at Us time of devotion and teach tiem that it was ouly through their reiiauce on Clirist wad the Churett that they could be saved. At the close of the mass a soicuin benediction was given, alter which A PROCE: issued from the sacristy, col Of the Society of the Uhiidirea of Mary. ‘the pro- cession entered the churcit aud passed the hgh sitar, from whence 16 Was ioliowed by the cee brant, carrying the host, accompanied by the at- tendant clergy. The soem procession passed around the elureh and re-eutercd the sacristy. The Dlessing Wus given and the congregation departed. SION osed of the members (BUR H OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. Mevelations of God—Sermon by the Rev. Ur. Chapin. Yesterd¢y the fashionable residents near the above church attended im crowds, avd for hait an four before the service commenced a continuous living stream flowed through tre doors of this bean- tiful looking building. The service was long com- menced belore the vast crowd got settled, and many Wont away, thinking their prospects of getting ® seat very slight. A voluntary on the organ, beantifully executed, commenced the service. The choir in this church are deserving of specint mention, oxecuting their parts with an artistic and accomplished finish rarely excelled. At one portion of the service the Lord’s Prayer was chanted by a quartet with very fine effect, The pastor, the Rev. | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, | Dr. Chapin, offered up some very fervent prayers, tn which he asked tor peace from THE GREAT DEVASTATION now raging through Europe, and blessings on the President avd ail men in power in the government of the United States, afier which he took hia text from second Corin WMans, iv., 6:-"For God, who commanded the hgut to shine out of darkness, both shined 19 our hearts, to give the light of the kuow- Jedge of the glory of God lathe tuee of Jesus Christ”? He sald those words were addressed by St. Yaut to the Corintiuans, to shew them the great gooduess: Qnd power of God in making light out of darkness that we might see, und revealing the Knowledge of himselé through Jesus Christ, God could not reveal Himself directly to us; tue great maje-ty of His Presence would be more than we could bear, id we would fy, calling on the rocks to Juli and cover us; but He takes the method of re- veallag Himself to us Strona our Saviour, His son, and also through the medium of is works, mira cles und revelations, The truths written in to Book of Revelations are just the same to-day as they Wore 1,900 years ago, Wiioseever believes that there 18 @ God mast believe also m tis revelalions, Many peopie nowadays look with REASONING SUSPIGION ON REVELATIONS, imagining them to be a mystery; but they are not; Mey are rather a manifestation of God's power, We have just as good reasons for belev- {og the Revelations to be true as we have for HeVing (he sun, stars and moon to be the handt- work Oi the Aimighiy, And who can for & mouent look on the vast aud starry canopy above our heads and lor a moment doubt ihe existence of an Almig lity Bemg? Take, for instance, the very words of our text—‘*And God said, lot there be light.” Not oll the sages the worid has produced since 11s formaiion cal accouLD for Us very light. God reveals His footsteps in every change of the heavens, He makes Himselt knowa vo us and subdues us by the majesty of His presence, ‘Tho reasom there are such nombers of people wio do not believe in tue beripoures and road with suspicion ali contained in them is that oa taking up the Bible to read some mmuctned that all contaiaed it should be plaln, Comprelensible acd holy; they bnay! that WHAT 51443, CHO COPVERSMITH, SALD 1s of just the same uaporiance as Curist’s Loly say- ings and Paul's divine teacaings. Vhere must be suincthing in th» Bilis leit inscrutanle, incompre- hensibie—fur this reason, that tt 18 Lupossibie to ex- Plato Or exhaust God's infiaity. Our poor imagl- ations Cannot comprehend such wonderiul great- hess; We get lost on trying to bring 1 down to the Biandard of our reusoniug, Look at this great Werld of ours. It ig like one tne mense plece Of mechanism, with millions of golden wheels, and we are as the dust thrown out Ou each evolution, Our very human exisieuce ts deeply linsirative of God’s power and the coulideacs Which we piace in Him, When @ man is broken, down in the worid, weary, sick and poor; wien ua 18 deserted by fis friends and his relatives are dead; When u spectral solitude 1s around Lim, and in the long, lonely winter's night he hears the leaves raitle aivhg tue desert road and the night wind moamng through the leafless trees or teary its Way o'er tie barren moor, HOW UPTERLY CHEERLES3 AND PORLORN does his existence appear! Bat suddenly the glorious Nght of God slines to on him through tie biapk darkness of despair, and radiates his whole exisience Into a happy, peacelul and contented lite. SERVICES ON THE MEN-OF-Win. Chaplain Dorrance’s Sermon on the Guerricre— ‘fhe Ceremony on the Narraganset. While the residents of great cities and towns and dwellers generally “on snore,” are permitted to enjoy the privilege of attending Divine service, the biuejackets in United States veseels are not debarred from listening, if they wish, to the reading of ser- vices in the Episcopal form, by officers of the ship; or the performance of the ceremony, accompanied by a sermon, by 2 reguiar clergymav. On the Guerriere, now Sing off the Battery, Chap- lain George H. Dorrance, regularly attached to the ship, holds religious exercises every Sunday, in which many of the ofiicers and a large number of the men participate, Yesterday the regular Sunday morning service was heid on the splendid berth deck of the frigate, the gundeck, on which church is usually Held, being too cool for the purpose. The pulpit consisted of A DESK DEAPED WITH THE STARS AND STRIPES ; Sud supporting the Bible, prayer book and a num- | ber of candles, which imparted a sub- dued light on the scene, the berth-deck betng rather dark evea at midday, as what lide light comes in struggles through the aiall port Doles on either side 0; the ship. in frontof the pt were arranged irs, Cuests and other articies for seais, Seventy-five or eighty oilicers und men consutated the lite but devout congregation. Several ladies were present. The opcning ser- vices were in the Bpiscopal form, chap- lain Dorrance thea delivered a brief but elo- quent Giscourse from the text from St. Matthew Xvi, 2i—"Lhen said Jesus unto his disci. ples, If any mau wil come aiter me tet him deny hiraseif and take up fis cross and follow me,” The theme of the discourse Was on Lie spirit of self. ishnes#, which must be eradicated irom the human, heart by seif-denial Through seldsnness many of tho alls thai come to man occur, It was necessary to exercise @ spirit of foroearance and charity observe tie golden tale, by ACTING FAIRLY AND JUSTLY towards all mea, ‘The bearing of tho cross was doing just What Christ has commanded us to do, whether the world smiles or frowns upon our efforts, ‘Lo follow Him was to follow His examples and teachings as set forth m the New Testament. ‘the advantages of complying with these requisitions were clearly shown. The humbie observer of i118 exampie and tne follower of His pure teachings was rewarded by peace of con- science, carried In is bosom and the respect of his fellow men, and, imally, by the fulfiment of the promises given by our Saviour, of immortality and ernal life, The discourse was reaily eloquent and Vigorous and Was attentively listened to throughout by the congregation. Chaplain Dorrance, besides his regular Sunday services, has @ Bible class which meets on Wednes- days, and Is now attended by ten or tweive sauors, Who manilest & deep interest In the lectures given on various texts taken up as the class progresses through its examination of the New Testament. On Sunday afternoon the chaplain attends to the ar: of books from tie ship’s library, free for all, ‘the library 1s y smail, und the chaplain would be Tuust happy 10 receive contributions of books from Any source for te Oenefit of the ship's company. ON THE GUNBOAT NARRAGANSET Licutenant Commander Arthur H. Wright read the Episcopal service to the ship’s company in an iu- pressive style, us there is no chaplain uttached to the Bip. ‘The white pennant with the blue cross was hoisted, during eburch services, at the peak over the slip’s ensign on the Guerriere and Narraganset, BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTM cHURCH, Two Litde Lay Sermons by Mr. Beecher— His Opinion of the European War—Orgun Playing and the Colorea Minstrela—Sermon on the Times for Repeatance. 4 During the singing of Jackson’s Te Deum by ‘the cnoir, which, by the by, was sung in good time and in excellent voice, the new contralto greatly contributing to the harmony, the vast congregation of Plymouth churen settled itself down and stowed itself away into the smallest space. Those who could not settle down fringed the entrances to the aisles and stood with commendable patience unto the end. Yesterday was one of the twelve of the red-letter Sundays in the yearly calendar of this church. These days have a twofold attractiveness for they are memorabie as days for the public admission of Members and for the celebration of the Lord’s Sup- per, The announcements prelaminary to the ser- mon furnished Mr, Beecher with ap opportunity for the delivery of TWO LITTLE LAY SmuMons, that, from the popnlarity of the subjects and the mode with which they were treated, are likely to excite considerable interest, Among the an- nouucements read by Mr. Beecher was one stating that @ fair for the benefit ot the wounded, both French and German, in | the Kurepean war would be held in the Atheneum, Brookiyn, avd it invited the co-operation and pa- tronuge of Plymouth enurch and congregation, Mr. Beecher said that it gave him very great pleasure to read that motice and to invite the co-operation of ail who heard Sim in 80 good, so noble and so o- roughly deserving & Work. When this dreadtai La- ropean war first broke out the sympatiics of the Aterican people were somewhat divided. [t was a war that i its destructive character and proba: bie momentous issues had Had no parallel in modern times. When 2HE PIRST PLUSH OF VICTORY settled on the German arms and the French suf- Teved deieat after defeat most men felt thal was the right resuit of tha strivings of the great Germanic nation, whose divided condition was iniinicai to true Treedom, and who, ag untied Germany, musi hence- forth stand among the nations of the earth. Her | history Was one that exeited the sympathies of a free peopie like onrs, and in her strugles tor free- dom we elt the sirongest interest. Though France alone in the European nattons had sympsinized with us in our great struggie for union, and there- fore had @ just claim upon us for our sympsthy, the bulk of Americans felt that the empire Was begun and continued in a violation of the rights of the people, and that1ts contmuanee was inimical w true liberty. The frst suceesses of the German army over the French would result, there waa no doubt, in A GREATER DEGREE OF LIBERTY and & larger development of true manliness amon, the Frepeh, and ous of this wondrous and dreadful Pontes France would come out with a new le. ln the-great struggle in America, when the Sonthern btates preserved a courage and mauifested & perse- Verauce that no defeats and lo obs woud Goan seemed to be ordained by an all-wise Providence that these Southern people Bhould be AROUSED PROM THEIK INDOLENCB and their luxury, thatin their poverty and we desolation they wight develop new industry aud a new character, He (Mr. Beecher) thought it would be the judyment of the more thoughifal and the more reasonable men of the Southern States to-day that it was worth all that the South went throught | during Ue war to have been compelled to throw OF tha! lnviuess and apathy that too great & pio Perity had tasiened upon them, So he taought ic Was with the trials, strugyles and conflicts that the French nation was now polng through. God tn his good vrevidence would bring tacm out of it aud iwake then: 4 more per.ect nation, Another apnouncement, of gute another kind, furnished Mr, Beecher with the opportunity for stat- Ing has Views on music generally, and organ music iu pardieular, Next Saturdey 18 to be the first day gt the organ concer, or, as tae more projane say, @ PLYMOUTH ORURCH MATINERS} and in giving an invitation Lo the Sougregasion to attend he sald that these concerts were begun a good many years ago, at his suggestion. When he ‘Was in Europe, both tn 1851 and 1s63, he was very inuch delighted and very muoh mstructed by the evening coucerts given In various Burepean cities, If cots Were done with the great cathedral organs by tae blerarchy, he thouglt why should not free- dom do the same thing and make @ similariy suitar ble provision for the 1.6 cal education of 1t8 people, So, ou lls return, the trastecs of the church, moved tuereto macuiy by his advice, made use of the organ ud gave grataiious concerts, and he believed that Mr. Morgan, the then organist, did more than apy other man in the two cities to develop A CULTURED, MUSIOAL TASTE among the peuple, + ince then these concerts have beou preordulned, and have become a popular anc Uselui InsuLULON, Now, It Was because it Was organ music that he was very much inveresied in the suc- cess of these concerts. He loved music, from a Jewsbarp to Daviu'’s harp, He loved everything musical, There was no vand taal went aloug the Siveels Uhat be did not go with it, Even tae mine Sireis who pe.tormed Wuder false appearances de- ligiited and charmed him, 1 don't go to hear Laem (teu as t should,” said Mr, Besensr, ‘because L id Yel MYSel’ and My dongs put into ie Hews papers. Tucreiore L deny iyscil; but my liberty 13 Iuiringed, because £ doa't want to have to endure the Wisiug about, the writing to and the questioning. Give we 4 German, an italian, a Freuck band, or OUR OWN NEGRO MINSTRUE! they all wake up a response mm my heart that de- lights me, Lven in churenes there 18 @ great deal of operatic wusic and ihe organ plays Much that is not organ music, and Which Meéreiy calls Out the music with Which our wees day life 18 associated, It bad pleased God to give to the Chureh for the services of reigion the organ, an instrument fitted Jor the services of religion, While there were the opera aud the ligater stratns for the week and Jor seoWar praises, we Church had a right to say on the Sunday, “Let us have ecclesiastical music, let og have wusic in Which we can reyolee in the Lord.’’ An organ was never iniended to play dances and polkas upon, The object of these Saturday concerts was to make the people fanaliar Wilh organ music. Krem his observauon during the last (wo years he was convinced Mat (ne eifect of these covcerts vad greatly umpreved the taste Of those whe a'tended. aad tat the best music, That Which made the largest demands upon their Intelligent appreciation, received tno loudest ap plaw Mr. Beecher concluded by expressing his gratitication that sumlar concerts Nad been imwugu- raved at Dr. Taliadge’s taberuacle, and A G8STLE MINT TO THR YOUNG LADIES, who are aliended by young gentlemen, or the young gentiemen who atcend upoa young ladies, whichever Ab inigit be, to obtain & reputation that no praise could exceed in preserving a good behavior and de erring Whispering and Lateinug unul they could indulge it Wiheut disturbing the enjoyment of those who had come to tie concert to hear the music, and not the niusic of each other's voices. ‘The sermon proper Was on the times of repent. ance, and was jounded on Acts iL, 19:—“Kepent @, tereiore, and be couverted, that your sins may 2 bletied out, When the limes of repenting shail come, from tue presence of the Lord.” Tue burden of the sermon was aa exposition of tue circum stances mcidental to human experience when re- peniance tor sin and @ clinging unto the Saviour Was more favorable tian another. The various , directions Which meu may grow In mental build and im character were commented upon, Probably tne finest part of the sermon was that in Which the purifying power of sudering was later- spersed with those portrayal tilustrations in which Mr. Beecher detughts, drawn from country liie—as the young bird, in the loss of its nest, grows strong in wing, hardy in body and self-supporting, or the irait that required the frosts of autumn co mellow and ripen. The sermon was closed with a strong appeal to those wio had neglected or for- gotten the.r Saviour to regard it as a present time of Tepeuting and to unite with the church, at the close of tue service, in the communion service, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. M. Le Fieur, of Canada= “Plety Profitable Unto All Thing»—Catuo- liciom etd Protestantism in America. Rey. H. M. Gallaher, the popular pastor of this church, Which is situated on Nassau, near Fulton sircet, did not preach yesterday. Ile was absent at the laying of the corner stone of anew church in Vermont, and his pulpit was occupied in the morn- ing by Rev. Mr. Le Fleur, a French Baptist minister of Montreal. The church was filed by an atwentive congregation, Rev. Mr. Le Fleur selected his text from ‘Timothy, iv., 8:—For bodily exercise profteth little; but godliness is proiitabie unto all things having promise of tue life that now is and of that which ts to come” The preacher asked what was godliness? It was the sentiment of complete surrender to God—of coimplete confidence in Him—expecting everything from Him that was necessary to sustain our life here below and to give us glorious life hereafter. There was a very generat idea in the world—a general impressiou—tuat First pessary thing for the great sorrows of ife, for the great disappointments of life, ana es- pecialiy lor the great susieriugs of Ife. It was kept In reserve by a grest many persons for those mo- ments. Piety, then, was not only mudispensable for Uhose great evenis of itfe, but it was as the apostle sau, “profitable uute ail things.” it made a better man of busimess, and if did not that man of business had no piety. it made @ mother a betier mother, a father a better futher, a patrivt a better man. It mave the whole world better. It Was “protiiable unto all tings.” 1b Was one thing tiat brought real protit, but who lived as If be beleved ily There was a man who told us that his treasure was in Heaven, bul we saw hun working from day to day and from year to year to amuss treasure here and not trea- sure above. In Unis life, composed of tite things, of lituie sorrows, passions and disappoiauments, PIEIY WAS LIKE SWEEL OWL, quietly falling, and thus oil preyented Iriction and gestruction. it inspired the ieeting that God is your protector and iataer, and will keep you from going into temptation and give you umely notice to prevent you from wreck. “Piety was profitable unto all things,” because It was a promise of the life that now is. Did it promise that lie will be continual and without sorrow and suffering? It meant what they had read that merning in the beautiful words of our Divine Master. ‘Tne Chris- 1 Was promised that he will not be neglected by Heavenly Father, but what he needed would be given to him, lie bad a promise of the life that is and the life to come. Did wey We were to live again, Philosophy said it was probable that we should come to live again IN SOME SHAPE OR OTHER, but Chtistianity promised life to come. In concluding his remarks the preacher appiled for ald for Protestant missionary work in Canada, where he said they had a powerlul and superstiuous cleigy to contend with, He said that more than two-thirds of tue population are unable toread be- cause of these men, and he therelore asked for ala in the work of rescuing them, Mr. Le Fieur also re- lerred to the EMIGRATION OF CATHOLICS this country, and in that connection remarked:— (he most of them are persons without religion, put wita the naine of religion. They come to tis coun- try im handreds of thousands, and you begin to be afraid of them, and you begin to fear that your insti- tutions will be so modiiied, so changed ‘that they will be destroyed and your liberties choked. If Pro- testaniism, aiter More than two hundred years, is 80 Weak @ thing that it can be choked to death tt ought to die, and the sooner the better.” He trusted, how- ever, that this whole continent wouid feel the power oi the gospel and the truth as it was in Jesus, A collection was then taken up for the purpose re ferred to, agd, after singing, the congregation was dismissed with the benedicuon. CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Lesson from a Leaf—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Taimnge. Rev. T. De Witt Tairaage preached yesterday morning to a large congregation from the text, “We all do fade as leaf.” He said the Bible was very plain language, and many things in it are illus- trated like # child’s lesson at school. The eye Is appealed to as well as theear. If we were wise enough we could go out into the world and fud LESSONS OF LOVE, BEAUTY AND POWER, but we have not the right eyesight; we are too stupid. There are things in the Libie that we can- not read successfully except in the presence of the natural world, The word of God read among the scenes of nature takes on a thousand new mean- ings. There 1s a flush and sparkle in the outward world that po artist can sketch. bewacy this autuinn weather ina branch of suimach than in all the woods that were ever painted, Even those matchless sketches by Clopsey cannot com- pare with THE CANVAS THAT GOD HAS STRETCHED real | Bergen street, has kindled, If God’a color was not infinite one swainp that [have seen would exhaust it ail. We facie as a leaf, because we fade gradually. Little by Hetle we come to a staff, and alter persuading our- selves thut we can see as Well ax ever we lake up our speciacies, Lile 1s TAKEN BY NO FIERCE BOMPARDMENT, but we ail fade as a leaf. But next year’s forests Wil be as bright as those of to-day. Otuer genera- Uons of ieayes will come. Tue beaters of goid leat wil have other gold leaf to beat. So when we go there will be children to take our places. Do not be- grudge Iife to tue young that are coming, Afier whole ie of preaching and sewing and aigging and working we ought lo be witlag for otiers lo do the preaching aud digging, When my father was e ghty-two years old and Went out for the jast tine the children all calied out, “Here comes grandpa.’ He was not old. Dymg ts like the victory alter the battie, When your body dled there were angels enough inthe room to chant the nativity, There ig uo reasen why We should grow old, Who are ON THE WAY TO A CROWN. Though you seem of great Japorsance in the World, it Will goon without you, When you drop into the grave it won't Jar the earth, Live the leat, we fail with myriads of others. London and Pekin are not great cities, THE GRAVE 18 THE GREAT cry. It has the iargest population and the longest streets, There 1s ue vo.ce, no hoof, nO Wheel, no crash there; all is sileni, But, hike the leaf, Christians should be Most beautiful indying., Did you ever see a maple or woodine leat more beautiful (nan now? Lt we die we shall rise again, Our bodies will be found, all uaperfections goue, radiaut with beauty. ST. AUGUSTIN’S CLURCH. Laying tho Corver Stone of the New Build- lag~ Imposing Ceremonies. The frequency with which the Catolies of Brook+ lyn nave of tate years been called unon to erect new church edifices (ully attests the rapidity of the in- crease of the faith in that clty and the determina. tion of the faith ul to build houses of divine worship to the honor of God in numbers suiicient to meet the demand for increased accommodation on all sides, Yesterday witnessed the performance of the ceremony of laying the corner stone of the twenty- sixth Catholic churel in that churchly city. Tue new building in course of erection (s to be known as BT AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, and is located on the corner of Filth avenue and The foundation wes coimuenced about the 9Uli of October last, since Wileh time great progress has been made in the Work owing wo the United exertions of the worthy pastor, Rev, Louis J. Buatigan, and Messrs, Jolin Doherty, Michael Bene nett, James Rou ud one or two ers of the Board of Trustees. ‘The edifice has forty-six feet froutage on the Fiith avenue and runs back uinety- one leet, [tip being butit of Philadeiphia brick and Dorchester stone. No perisiable material is te be used ia the exierior ol the stractu ‘The design, made by Mr. Thomas &. Houghton, which ts very Luntial and deat, Is of the inodern Guiite order. ro which will be jointed, will be of slate, the height (rom tne fooiwaik Lo the eaves thirty- et. Jt is hoped by the gentiewen who have the superiatendence of tie Work in band that it will be fiuished aboot the ist of January, isii. ‘The cost OF thie edifice Will be, when cofipieted, $17,200, The structure 18 destined to be used uilimately as @ Bevo! hol heace it has been 80 desigued that A SE@)\D BTORY OAN LE ADUED tothe building when ever the parisitouers feel thate they cau afford to build @ larger church than Uus. ‘The second tier of beans ace, of course, leit out for the present, aud the imterior will make @ very presentable appearance, ‘Lhe height of the e The pews, whiea will be of black walnut and stnut, will bo 130 in hum- ber and accommodate 750 p ms. The pews will be removed to the future church, Wiich will pro- ably be constructed ia four or tive years uence. The congreguuion own Len lols, Will & trout of 200 feet on Filth avenue, There are two itues of cars run- ning past the building—the Bergen and Sackett Street and we Filth avenue lines. voundaries orthe new parish Of 5t Augusia have not yet been detined oy Bishop Leaghiln. THE CBREMONIES YESTERDAY APTERNOON, attendunt upon the laying of the corner stone, were of the usual Linpressive order of the Catholic Chureh, Shortly aiter three o’clock Rev, Patuer ‘Turner, of the Cathedral, assisted by Kev, L, J. Rhatagan and severai oiher clergymen of the diocese of Brooklyn periormed tae ceremony. The reuowned Redempt- orist Father, Rey, Mr. Wayrich, preached the se mon, Which was replete with cogent arguinent aad pious eloquenee, teaching the vast assemblage who Were gathered in the immediate vicinity of the foundation the beauties of feith, as rpesits 4 b loving and honoring God, that we way enjoy him forever in heaven. Kather Wayrich was listeled to ihroughout with undivided attenuon by the multi- tuue, A feature of the occasion was the very creditable turn out made by the Father siathew Ty, A. B., the Hibernian and civic socteties, Who, with bright re- galia, and preceded by brass bands, wended their Way toward the new edifice ut the appoiuted hour, altracting considerable attenuion along the route of march, New York societies were also well repre- sented on the ground. Several individuals Wearing White slik badges, wiih the inscription “St, Augus- uUne’s R. C, Chureh,” busied thempeives in going through the crowd with plates, taking up a collece tion to assist the butiding of tue edifice. ‘They were highly successful. About $4,000 were thus realized. pastor, Father Khatagan, was unuil reccutly across tae Continent for thousands of miies, In the woods one tree lifts its scarlet banner, and all haste sistant pastor of St, Siephen's church, South Brovkiyn, and 18 greatly respected for hits zeal anu energy in the cause of reiigioa, CSURCE OF THE ANNUNSIATION, Dedication of n German Catholic Church. Bishop Loughlin yesterday dedicated the new Ger- man Cutholic Church of the Anounciation, Williams- burg, in the presence of a multitude of the iaitnful. THE EDIFICE, which is situated at the Junction of North Second and Seventh streets, is quite imposing, its architec- ture being of the Romanesque Basilica order of the twellta century; its dimensions are 125 feet in lengih, 64 tu width, and in neigit, to the cornice, 60 » and to the top of the turret 110 feet. material used In its coustraction is Philadelplua brick, With Nova Scotia stone trimmings. its mnie rior appearance is beautitul—thirveen paintings, represeuting Scriptare sabjects, adorulng the Walis-—wiuie a subdued light enters through seven- tecn stained glass windows—five in tue chance! and Six on cither side. There are seating accommoda- lions for 1,500 persons, THR DEDICATORY SEVICES yesterday were extremely imposing, A procession of the Clergy, preceded by anunwer of acolytes, imarched through and around the ediilce, while ssed. he procession over, mass Was sung, the Rev. Father Yeiuech, of the Redemptorist church, Third street, w York, being celebrant. ‘THE MUSIO, carefally selected for the occasion, was rendered by @ volunteer choir, under the leaderstip of Mr. Brelun, while Me, Euring presided at tue organ, a powerful instrument, with twenty-iour full stops. Hisenhort’s brass band cso assisted, Afier reading the gospel of the day the Rev. Father Neiderhousen, of Bayonne, N, J., preached the dedicatory sermon, aud was listened to witu pre- Jound attention. Among the Kpglish-speaking clergymen present were Father Mullane, of Si. Vincent ue Pual’s, aud Father McDouaid, of St. Mary’s. JERSEY CYLY CHURCHES. THIRD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. thousands of the faithful uncovered as it pi y v Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Harkness—The Power and Influence of the Bible—The Fali of Richmond and the Frauco-Prussian War. In the Third Presbyverlan church, at the corner of Erle and South Third sircets, Jersey City, a sermon Was preached by the Rev. Dr. Harkness on the text— “Search the Scriptures, ior in them ye think ye have eternal life.” This very text is a cOmplete vindica- tion of the Bible as the embodiment of God’s word. Iv is an answer to those who would try to convince us of the insuiliciency of the Scriptures as the sum of divine reyelataon and the messenger of God vo His creatures, The ministers of God are poor, weak mortals in themselves, but when they go forth to fulil their mission ARMED WITH THR BIRLE they become invincible, It was the trvihs of Serip- ture that gave power and efficacy to the preaching of the apostles and converted millions of unbe- levers. We find John marching to the isle of vat- mos and he carried the truths of the Bible in his heart. Christopher Columbus undertakes an expe- dition the perils, of which no other had dared to brave, but Columbus fecis strength and courage and hope because he bears with bin the truths of the bible, and in this thought ue finds topo and Tears pot the dangers of the deep, he une certainty. of a favorable issue of the enter- pine vanished before his unfliuching confidence u the ultimate triumph of the Scripture truths. We see. also the Paritan Fathers throwing off all that made the werld dear to them, because they could not proclaim to @ bilnd and stubborn people the trutos of Seripture without molestation, They felt that they were ihe instruments by which nations were to be brought to the light of the Gospel, They step into the Mayiower and go forth on @ peritous voyage, bur their courage never failed them, their hope never wavered, because they carried the Seripuare in their hearts. And when they Jand at Piymouth Rock they lift up their hands im prayers There i8 more | of thank(ulness to their God that He lias brought the light of the Bible into a dark land. And let us look on the Bible in tts influence on our career in this world, ‘The maiden walks forth to the church, and there, according to the injunctions of the Bible, unites her heart and her hand in holy love with him to whom she promises she will devote her life, ‘The baby 19 carried into the holy place, ana there to join the ranks, while from the ravines rush | makes jts entry into the Christian community by be- streams a3 to Dut out the Ares that che autumn comlag a wember of the Church, It recelves bap- 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, tis in decordance with the ceaching of the Bible. I BO Lo the bedside of THE DYING CHLISTIAN, and I pour into h # cars Words of consolation when J read Tor fin the Bible ou Which he resis his hope of seeing his God. | go to the grave of the Chris an, aud there | cali to the minds of spectators Wwe uncertainty of this World and the certamty of death frou that very book in Which Paul prociatias that It 13 appoiuted for wen onee to die, and after death, Judgment. I console the surviving . friends with he assurance, taken from the ivle, Unat tho departed oue has gone to a purer Ife, to beter world, and there awatis the friends who sill linger im the Mesa. Yes, the most powerful armies cau be conquered, bul the Bible can never be overcome. tn the fall of ich. own late war, we see the mighty power of the bole, it struck down those revels, woke the fetters of those long sufiering tu bond. age and brought miilions of slaves irom boudage Lo the light of ‘the Seripture, witiGh carries with 1 liberty god civilization. Aud what shad We say of THE BUROYEAN WAR NOW BAGING ¢ What does it show? Why, that the kings ana Powers of the world are xbout to abjure Romanisia, it shows that Komanism is tottering to its fall und that auother system is about to lake iid piace, It proves that the enemies of the bible are making their Just charge and that the Scriptures will ruie the world, il me DOW that the bible 18 a book Without interest, as some of our members seemed to (link at our anniversary on Thursday last, Why, itis the Book of Books | {t shall live when ali books suall have perished. The time will come when the Word of God shull be scat tered broadcast throughout tie world, and Uien every man’s heart will be to liu a Bible. ‘hen will the text which 1 quoted for you bring lorth Lhe fruit of the Gospel. THE JERSEY CITY TAGERAVACLE. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Wilcox on the ‘Trai figuration. At the Jersey City Tabernacle there was a large coagregation at the morning service, The pastor, Rev. Dr. Wilcox, preached frem the text, “This ia my beloved Son, ia whom Iam well pleased. Hear ye Him.” The tracsigaraiion of Christ on the mount opens to us a faint ight of the glory of the heavenly Jerusalem. the prophet Isaiah caught a glimpse of this glory when he wrote, “f saw the Lora sitting on His Uirene, and He was hifted up.” As the vision closed around Lie disciples they seemed to be passing frou Une to eternity, When a heavenly beuig if seen ib 18 lu a cloud What It appears to mortals. It drute in ob you like &@ dalip must in Winer, Ob, that you could see THE GLORY OF HEAVEN! Oh, that you could see the lace of the Lord! He Coles Uo Visit 3 and Le deals With Us Hot as stran- ers but a6 His culldren, Ali Waal is WiLOLD us Lights ‘guinst heaven, There 1s a antagouismn between our trail natures aud the purity of the celestial be- 1DgS Just as Lheve is between the analloyed joys of heaven ahd ibe troubles aud juiseres of earth. The cioud iat overshadowed Pever dud his compautons lud them from the ea th, ‘The Lord desires that When we hold communion wilt Him we should off ali that belongs to tis World. Lie Willstrengticn the saint's eye beiore He opens to him the Vision which is to reveal the giory of the Lord and the beauty of heaven, At ali Limes L believe that SAINTS AND ANGELS COME NEAR Use Why, then, should we not bear the sorrows and troubles of ie with oriuiness? We should always remember the glory aud the beatfication Wat is in slore for us as well as for the toree disciples ou the meuit, Uw we only prove faitiul and worthy, We will be taken into @ close communion with our God aad we can behold Him im the spirit and converse with Him aud feel so conscious of His prescuce that we cau say With Peter, Lord, it is good for us to be here.” 1b 18 unmanty Uo sifive to suilt our sorrows away by a@ rollicking humor, We should bear our troubles without bianching, as the aposties did of old, You should thank God that while you are en- during ail this you are goiug to a place where sor- row Will ve no more aud where the morning will show forty tue brightness of heaven and the glory and majesty aud power of our God, SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. FOURTH PRESBYTERIAV CHURCH. The Higher Life in Jesus—Sermon by the Rev, John ©, Smith. WASHINGTON, Nov, 6, 1870, In the morning the pastor, the Rey. John C, Smith, preached the first of a sertes of sermons on “The Higher Life,” taking for his text John v., 30:— “Search the Scriptures forin them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of me.’? Whence and who am I, and what is my future? are questions of importance to ail, Is life in us original or is life derived? In other words, are we seli-ex- istent or are we created? We hoil that all are crea- tures of Divine power, and being creatures are not self-existent. The Bible alone, of all books, telis us whence we are, who we are and whither we are golug. Our life is derived from God the only source «Of created power. The same power that created is necessary to continue iife and by turn of all things to ¢ ng aud to prevent are avs The Saviour says, “search the Scriptures.” Tae Word of God ia called the Scriptures, because at tiat time they were Write ten with the aud were the revelation of God. We have now these Scriptures In type, and they have been furaished to tho whole world, and our duty 13 to search them carefully and prayerfully. Here in the Scriptares we have the record of liie— What It is aud whence weame, Jt is tue duty of every man to combine all tls gies to make the most out of iife wile lie 1s wii fearn how to do this from the out this book Une Human mind woul: iguorance and darkness, Midaight ol i Would rest Upon the soul, THE NATURAL LIVE 13 IN US, But the sptritual, the eierna) life 1s in Christ, and He will give it lo all Who search Lhe Scriptures. We are directed lo search unt We know this eiernal life and find it. ‘The law of the Lord is perfect. If we only searchithe Scriptures we shall go on to perfee- tion. ‘They ure in our hands and we are to searc them. The disposition of mankind is to lisien more to oral Westimony. Noman can read the Word of God and feel Unat they are the words of man; they Nave in thems ea the evidence of their divinity, If we search the Scriptures we will have THE MIND OF CHRIST. What Is called inward experience cannot be de- pended upon because of the contingencies and un- certainties of ar mortal condition, bub the Sertp- tures are an unerring ruic. The’ power of the Scriptures is feit as we e ourselves to their search, The deeper and higher we go the more biessed is our experience. Tue search of the Scrip- tures leads us Into site and light aad gives us 4 bigher experieuce of What God has revealed, Every man that bath this Lope in him puriieth humseif as he is pure. Eternai life is set forth in these Seriptu aud if we search them we are Wise in these thing: Bernal life is the git of God, and fu this spirite life there is growth. Cbrist 18 tie vine, we ai branches, Paul writes to Timethy, in the Second Epistle, third chapter, fourteenth and fifteenth verses, “But continue thou ta the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of Whom thon hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise, unto salvation through faith witich is in Christ Jesus.” Dr. Smith gave hotice that he would preach the second sermon of the series next Sabbath morning, i roping in t darkness with- 1 the Si. MATTHEWS ROMAY CATAOLIC CHURCH, The Divine Origin of the Confessional— Sermon by Father Gallagher. WASHINGTON, Noy. 6, 1870, A large and fashionable congregation attended service at St. Matthew's church, corner of Filteenth and H streets yesterday morning. Mass was celebrated by Father McDevitt. The trained and accomplished choir under Proiessor L, E. Gannon rendered Hay- den’s mass No, 2insplendid style. At the usual part of the mass Rey. Mr, Gallagher, of San Fra) Cisco, at present on @ Visit here, preached on t subject of auricular Confession. He touched upon the arguments advanced agamst this practice of the Churen by peopic outside of it, and sbowed that Oblrise Himself, in words’ that bear but one interpretation, and in expressly declaring to his aposiles—“Whose sing ye shall forgive, they are forgi 3, Whose sing ye shatl retain, they are retained,’ virtually established the tnstitution of confession, Confession was not established by humana agency. Where is the man or set of men who ever iaid claim to? Lf it were a deception orlginadag in the beain ny one of this worid, it would long since liave been discoy- ered and exposed. For eignteen centuries it bas been in TUB FOREMOST CREED OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD. The holy, the learned and the great nave ac- cepted it, aad found in its practice the surcease of sin aud the solace of tue soul, ft4 origin was with God. The quality of power ie conferrea on His disciples “was executive in its character, To extend or retain forgiveness for sin Was givep them to exercise, in the under standing that where the disposition to full and pent. tent corfession was made evident there should mercy end absolution be extended. In the court of heaven, beiore the all-see.ng eye of God, the sim, the penalty and the forgiveness were alike recorde: and tie trath or deception, the penitence or ote! wise of the vonfession weighed and decided. HAMLIVE METHODIST EPL 1 CHURCH, Charity and Simple Faith-Sermon by Dr. Widerm: WASHINGTON, Nov, 6, 1870, The pastor, Rev. L. T. Widernian, preached in the morning from the Word of God as recorded 1n the sixth chapter of St. Matthew, fourteenth and fif- teenth verses-—‘'For if ye forgive men their tres- passes, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you; but you forgive not men their trespasses, neither 5 eccsieurinanipnierytopiliia ible i aceite will your Father forgive your trespasses.’’ . Said reverend speaker, our Lord had been disciples a form of prayer, and the prayer ts explonatory, a8 our Lord intended it should be, Love is the fulfliment of the law. Can men and be kept united through any other medium dave love? The nature of this brotherly love is identical with the charity desorbed in the thirteenta cl of Paul's letter to (he Cormtiians, “vaarly long aud is kind; CHARITY ENYIGTH NOT, charity vaunteth not Liself, 16 not puffed up; doth not behave iwell unseemly, seeking bey not provoked, thinketh no git Iniqnity, but rejoleeth in 3 J things, bereverh ail things, hopeti all dureth all things. Charity never faileti.’ version the whole life of man 1s turned 1 its and flows in au oppanie current. Christ acted kever man act d, aad when He eats nj us to low Hun He will fii us with His spirt to Wings. And His tenchings enjoin us not to be ferent in our taith and practice, but to wonrene era us the great duty of forgiveness for a bag adh @ policy, bat as & principle, And it further a Us that among THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICES TO GOD . {sa broken spirit, **Theretore, if thou brit thy WU to the altar, did there remeuberest vrother have aught against thee, leave there thy, be-ore the altar and go thy Way. First be recon to Lay brother, and thea come-and oiler thy a ‘The man who truly repents of # wrong done bis, brother nian needs but the SIMPLE VAITM £N JESUS CHRIST as lis Saviour to briug hita into # state of acceptance. and. forgiveness with God. ‘the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was adminis. tered in the eveulag. The pastor gave notice that a series of protracted meetings would pe commenecd bext sabbaih and contiune throagh the Week, preach ag each morning at eleven o'clock “past seven o'cluek, and gread ih g EE aca evening at hal 200 Wil ho doubt be accomplished by the efforts of this eloquent and beloved minister of this Little: Ziou, MM tie members bub assist lim with thew. prayers aud preseac SUICIDE OF A PRECOCIONS YOUTH. He Takes Laudanam—His Grent Anxiety About a Puture Existence. A very singular suicide at 67 Morton street was reported to Coroner Schirmer at his ofice yester- day morving. ‘The victim of self-destruction was George henry Starr, a remarkably precocious youth, not sixteen years of age, who lived witn his parents at the above num- ber. Deceased possessed wonderful reasoning fac- ulties for one of his age, often spoke of the tuture, and frequeally expressed a great desire to look into futurity. Whenever sick, George would complain of his head, and was something of a somnambutist, as he had oiten arose in his sleep, and on one or two occasions came near falling from an uppes window to the pavement, Mr, Alfred Garrsway, @ young gentleman living inthe kame house with deceased, testified befors the Coroner that young Starr nearly always con- versed with him on philosophical sulyjects, the mu- mortality of the soul, the existence of a God and the future state; about sevea o’clook Saturday even. ing the witness and deceased took a walk; stopped into ihe Pavilion on Broadway for about ‘ten lain utes and then slurted home; When Lear the corner of bleecker and Cermiue streets de ed requested his friend Co wait ill he Went duty tae deus store on the gorner, a8 le salt, to lake AWay the swell of the wie he had drank in Broudway; George soon jomed bis compantou and tie, wWalkeu home together, soon alter which Garroway went wo his rovum; George followed in two minutes and acted very strangely, looking at Garroway earne estly, Walking about the room he ding his bands ty is side as Uf ue Dad pain: Garroway invited him » with hum, but he declined, and told ness he misht cone tw his room in haf an hour, which he did, and found George in bed aud the light put out; by request Garroway did not ight the gas, but crawied Into bed inthe dark, whea George asked him to shake hands with bim, and asked him if he liked hun; Garroway soou tell asieep, aod awaking at tive o'clock A. M. ¢heard Bs bedfellow gusp, Which so wiariued bim that he jumped out of bed and lit the gus, ie Was horrified on looking oa the bureau to see a LWO Ounce Viai Containing a small quantity of udanumM, and a note of which the following ls & eehcannot help its Task Garrowny to forsive me; Lam his iend, but i uaust vee what is beyoud. All forgive ane, men He ONT EO Hh, BEAR, On making this discovery Garroway hastened down stairs and aroused Mr. and Airs. Starr, Who, on going up, found thelr son ,deaa. Two ; doctors Were = at once BUT on eXamining the boly, pro- Such ia substance was the testimony elicited before the Corouer, On the viak reierred to Was @ label of white paper, on which the word “Laudaauin” was written in large letters, it was at first beleved that the poison came from the drug store of Henry Iinhof, No. 6 Carmine street, Dut thal gentieman, on Viewing the boly of youn; Starr, sald he never saw him belore, aud dente sciliag him any Jagdanum. Where tue poison was | procured is, Wicreore, a mystery wich may never be cleared up. Dr. Joseph Cusiman, who exam- ined tue body, gave as bix opinion tat death waa due to au overduse 01 ibudauui PERSOVAL MOVENEITS. Coionel Keppel has succeeded Ltea- dale as equerry ia Waiting to the Lieutenant tenant Coiune Prince of Waes, ‘The Prince of Wales, attended by L ouel Teesdale and Mr, PF. Knollys, bave reac don frum Seotiand, A Java grandee ts gong to England with hie elgnty-one childcen, aud wants to secure “board ip some quiet lauity.”” Mr. J. S, Mill contradicts the report that he had left London for Avignon "to bisure the salety of manuscripts and other Valuable property.” '. Disraeli and Vigcountess Beaconsileld have yugh London trom sari Bathurst’s seat, ab 5 ces.er, 1Or Kuowsiey, O @ Visit Lo tue Bari aud Countess of Derby, Lady Emily Pigot, of Branches Park, Englan Annyunces her intention of gomg out to Metz or ita euborhvod, taking with her a large quantity of dy made up articies for the sick and wounded, Advices from Prague toform us that th Ferdinand tas returued to nis rest Majesty's state of healtu iy greatly enfee: usual ceremonies of welcome were therelore sup preased. The Empress of Austria has gone to Meran, where her Majesty, accompanied oy the Arcaduchesa Gisella aud ber youngest daughier, the Arehduchess Marie Valerie, and the accustomed houseiold, ia tend Co pass the approachiug winter mouths. The fotiowing distinguished personages arrived in Londen durimg the Week ended on tne 22d ef Octo ber, viz.i—The Pruice aud Princess Kaward of Saxe- Wellner at their resideace in Portlaad Place, from Gordon Caste, N. B., Where they were guests of the Duke aud Duchess of Richmond; bis linperial High- hess the Prince Rhodocauakis; the Marquis and Marchioness of Hamlion, from Dalkeith palace; his Excellency the North German Amoassador and the Countess Bernstoriy, at russia House, from visiting Lord and Lady Buckiurst, at Knole Park, Sevenoaks; the Baroness Hochscill, at the Swedish Legation, from Swed Madame Emile de Girardin, Qt lol Park street, Grosveuor square, irom Paris; Mr, Gladstone, from Hawardea Castle. List of Americans registered at Geneva, at the banking house of Drexels, Hayes & Co., October, 1870;— Mes. M. M. soe, Miss Ma ida Warts, John 8. Tweils, Mra J. Twells, Mrs. Bayard, Mra. Powel, Miss Powel, Charies — Wurts, Clement 1 Hughes, Mrs. U, Henry Ashuurst, J. Aubrey Jones, B. Day, Dr. Alexander Wilcox, Barry Wucox MoCall, Thomas J. Megear, Mrs. A. M. Watts, George 5. Pepper, Miss Annie M. Maison, Mrs. A. M. Maison, Dr. George 8, Gerhard, Joseph Hopkin- son, R. Loper Baird, Mrs, Henry Ww. McCahi, Mis Meta McCall, W. Burton Carver, Mra. W. Bo Carver, Robert Biddle, Maxwell Sommerville, Mrs, M. Sommerville, Mrs. Bliza Churchman, al ss Fauute Churchman, Miss Agnes Churchinan, Ferdinand Coxe, Dr, William Camac, Peter McCall, 'T.. B. McO Dry huwia Ro” Denby (United States Navy), Mra. E.R. Deuby, J. Mercer Mevall, Miss Jeanie McCall, Miss Gertrude —MeGall and Miss Edith MeCail, of Philadelphia; Tuomas Lraper, Ronald Thomas, James Suydam, Hugh ©. Kakin, Mies A, N. Breen, Mrs, J. Moovler sud Mra’ 8. H. Palmer, of New York: James A. Bowen, ira Couch, and Chauncey Bowen, of Chicago; Mra Auna H. toward aad Mr. aud Airs, Joseph T. Atkinson, of Baltimore; Charles LL. Christias and T. P. Van Wyex, of Brooklyn; Mrs. A.B. Allyn, of Canoridge, Mass.; Olaries Wig- Mr. aud Mrs, Cuaries F. Spang pang, of Mitsburg; W. ag tison, ‘irs. Thomas Hakins, ‘Staten PS. Cable, of Kock Island; Oharies W. Nobile, of Detroit; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Byans, Mr. aud }) Robert Coleman and Neary Woods, of Paris; Hou. Horace Rubee, United States Minster to Berue; Miss Murray, of Nngiand. COURSE OF EMPIRE, The number of passengers arrived from foreign — ports at tnis port during tue past week Was 6,327. ‘They came by the following vessels:— Steamshiy ‘Abyasinia. Ma Scotia,