The New York Herald Newspaper, January 22, 1871, Page 5

. THE METHODIST MUDDLE. THE BOOK CONCERN AND ITS ADJUNCTS, Powers and Duties of the Book Gommittes—Re- view and Explanations of Some Things in Lanahan’s Litigation—Final Action of the Committee and Approval of the Bishops—A Grand White: wash—A Mild Protest, ‘The Methodist Episcopal Church 1s the largest, wealthiest and most important denomination in these United States, Its system of church ma- ehinery is the most perfect ever devised for car- rying out the ends proposed, and its connectional Amstitutions and interests are without parallel. Whatever, therefore, aftects any interest of the Methodist Church affects, more or less, some eight or ten militons of people here, who either profess ita doctrines or affiliate with tts membership, Am the leading and most important interests of tho Methodist Church are its publishing, as represented by @ book concern in this city, which has two agents here and one residing in San Francisco, for the Pacific coast; and a concern in Cincinnati, also with two agents. The first named concern was estab- Ushed in Philadelphia in 1789, and in 1804 1t was transferred to this city, where, in 1836, at the time 1% was destroyed by fire, it had an accumulated capital of $281,050, ‘The Western Book Concern was established in Cin- cinnati in 1820. Branch book depositories, under the direction of the book agents in New York and Qincinnati, have been established in Boston, Ou- cago, Pittsburg, Buffalo, St, Louls and San Fran- isco, The net capital of those concerns’ and branches at the present time is, 1m round numbers, $1,500,000. The book agents East and West publish Over 1,909 different bound volumes, and the un- bound and tract list embraces abont 1,000, the tracts varying from two to sixty-four pages each. The books and tracts are in English, German, Welsh, Swedish, Spanish and French, Since the founding of the Concern enterprise in Philadelphia, nearly seventy-five years ago, it has had but seventeen agents and assistant agents, The Cincinnati Con- cern, during its half century existence, has bad but nine agents and assistants, The duration of oficial terms of these men, who are elected or re-elected every four years, 1s a very fair indication or THE CONFIDENCE THE CHURCH REPOSE in them and the esteem in which they are personally held. But besides the book pubilshing interests, there are also several periodicals published and sus- tained py the Church, These number tin the aggre- gate eighteen, including two quarteriies, four Monthlies, two semi-monthiles and-the balance are Weeklies. These publications are tesued from all the leading cities in the East, Middle and Western States and the Pacifle slope, and one or two in the Bouth. There are a score of editors and assistants employed in the preparation, and over the whoie the General Conference exercises supervisory Powers. But inasmuch as there is an in- term of four years between every Gen- erai Conference,’ during which matters might arise which shonld demand ecclesiastical or Judicial investigation, the General Conference dele- — its supervisory powers to a Book Committee, sisting at present of fifteen men, These men are ghosen openly by the Conference, and are such a3 the Conference and the Church can place impiicit confidence in, Their powers extend to the suspen- gion or removal of any editoror agent for oficial misconduct, if they judge It _neceesary for the iter- @sts of the Church aud the Concern, The personelle of the present Book Oommittee nas already been ven over and over again within the last few days, cause that in the exercise of thelr supervisory wers they deemed they had cause to suspend the panaiant Book Agent in this ye Rev. Dr. John Dahan, and because they had further proceeded to investigate the charges preferred by him against the Book Concern, and counter charges preferred fasings him by certain ministers and laymen of ac- owledged standing in the Methoaist Church here, What the committee have done already in this ase.has been partially made public. The whote will robably never come to the ligit 1 all Its bearings, ‘he committee has held two former sessions in chis oul \d investigated the charges of fraud gn cor n. Their Urst verdict was that they founa ‘What seemed to them evidences of mismanagement, Dut the particuiars were not given. In their second ‘vestigation experts were employed for about a a in examining the books and accounts, and business was detect frauds, if any such existed, and losses, if the concern had snffered Joss. The committee also took @ large amount of testi- mony, and the result of ali Was that they brought in a verdict substantially of ‘Not proven,’ and there- ‘upon extracted from Dr. Lanahan a ey pledge au that he would accept this verdict not repeat Bis charges and aliegations again. he fauled wo do, and as a consequence ountél cliarges of “* FALSE WITNESS, SLANDER AND INCOMPBIENCE Were brought agaiust him, and the committee ha freed ning ia Cincinoatl afew months ago an fo suspend him a ome 18. wuspenuich id tot i os que jal standing nor his salary, but merely cut im of from exercising any of the duties of Axsist- t Agent of the Methodist Book Concern tn New ork for the time being. It gave the Doctor, how- ver, ample time to make @ thorough ransacklag or the whole concern from top to bottom, and he has bad during all this time several clerks of his own employed in the building “HUNTING FOR MICE.” This 1s the fourth turn the Book Committee has en to clear up the mystery, but, so far as the pub- have any oP jortunity to judge of the proceedings, is more muddled than ever. A few of the mem- rs of the comunittee were determined, from first to last, in their opposition to any hushing up of the ri but the majority had not back bone enough to tthe light of dwy into their iuvestigaitons, be- cause, forsooth, acting upon the Bishop's sugges- tions, it would drag to third parties and reach down to tho moral character of the accused and of others, ‘With whom and whose this committee could have no concern at all. Methodist ministers are pro- ‘verbially a loyal set of Ohurchmen. They bow to @iscipline aud to ecclesiastical authority with as Much (if not more) meek submission ag Catholic Piers do to their superiors, Hence, with many of members, the say-so of the Bishop was eaough to decide them in favor of quashing all further pro- Oeedings. It wag . tee ‘ RET ATE FOR THE COMMITTED that it d{G hot fully investigate the charges of frand snd mismanagement in the Concern at its session 4m November, 1869, or that without such Jnvestigy- ae it should have published such a report as it did. ¢ Variance between its two reports has been made the bases for veryjunfair and unjustifiabie newspaper attacks upon the character of the committee and the Dnancial soundness of the Book Concern. But this Variance has been perfectly well understood by those who were inside, though the public were not Qpprised of the reasons. At the first investigation in foyember, 186, littie or no testimony was taken, except what was presented by Dr. Lanahan, an there were some books shown which seemed to sub- gtantiate his allegations, A young man (now de- ceased), bookkeeper, was, by mental and physical Bis abet at times wniltted for his position, and in absent moments would make entries which, in proper mind, he had to erase and aubsttiute cor- ect entries (or, His Ligh connection in the Church ‘was the only cause for keepiug him nfo his posiion, But he was perfectly guarded pons FALSIFYING BIS ACCOUNTS and receiving any pecuniary profit therefrom, And this the committee ascertalied tn thelr seoond inves- tion. ‘The case offMr. Hoffman, superintendent the bindery department, looked even more sus- Picious. It was found tuat he received a regular Salary and also the gold sweepings, which, accord- ing to Doctor Lananan’s estimate, amounted to five or six hundred dollurs a year. It appeared that Hof- man was an expert in his business and the Concern deemed his services invaluable, He, upon learning of this estimate of his worth, very naturally de- manded an Invrease of salary, which was refused, on the greund mainly that if he received 1 all his sub- ordinates would demaud and should receive it also, But upon his threat to resign, the gold sweepings Were awarded to him in lied of salary, so that tue other empioyés, knowing nothing of the arrange- ment, and perceiving no increase of salary on the Rhy id boeks, to which they lad access, suouid not kick up any trouble in the Concern. THB METHODIST PUBLICATIONS, aseverybody knows, are religious and thedlogical, nd are not elaborately guided, like the tissues of Other large publishing houses, 80 that the estimate of five per cent waste, as made by the binders, 18 Probably as high as the average goes. This would ive Mr. Hoffman an increase of salary of about 250 & year. Certain employés in another depart- mont of the Concern also demanded an increase of ‘wages, which, for tho reasons above given, was re- fused; buta certain sum was placed in the hands of the Superintendent, to be given to them pro rat from time to timo, not as salary, but as a reward for fidelity and good workmanship. This satisied bands ana saved theyConcern from raising every- "8 wages all round. These moneys and values not entered on the weges books,gas Dr, Lana- insisted they should have been, and they were Byidences to him of fraud and mis ement and of a stupid aystem of bookkeeping. But when the mmittee, at its session in February, 1870, probed e , it agreed that there were no evi- of fraud here nor any such design therein, Matter, it charges were made Nera corned inst the lent of the eS eee who own deiente demanded estigation of ") career years, most ittial of even "IUION, baled The result was suit for slander eis Dn his charges, there was not a particle he had ever received one cent ae an in- of proo! ducement to purchase there in preference to a other place, Teal state of the case was tits . Porter firat learned the different kinds of paper which the Concern needed, and the qnantilles of each kind which It used per anuum, He then ascertained from manuiacturers what they wouid sell those kinds and quantities to him for, and upon their repiy he ponent. by. or “cornered” the market, so that When Mr. 8. J. Goodenough went snag the manwactur rs be found that he could not get the kinds of paper Nor the qualities which the Concern wanted froin an; oue at such price as Mr. Porter could sell at, Suc’ transactions are of daily occurrence, and the busl- he community looks upon them as pertegliy legal; ut when Christian men, connecte’ with an import- St interest of @ great ‘reiigious denomination, are found engaged in this thing itat once assumes a suspicious appearance, and a little brooding guttices to hatch the suspicion tnto a full-tedged fuct of fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Rev, Thomas Carleton, D. D., was appointed Book Agent in New York by the Genera) Conference which met in Boston in May, 1852. His present term is the ith tn succession in which he has begn re-€lected to the same responsible position. At the time be en- tered upon his duites the Church was just * RECOVERING FROM THE TROUBLES ich Grose and which divided Methodism tn tne ‘nited States into two branches—North and South. A protracted litigation ensued, and the Methodist Be pal Chureh, which retained the substantial in- stitutions of the united Church, had to pay large cunlary sums to the Methodist Church Soutn. In 956 those obligations had been liquidated, and the k Commiitee, in their quadrenni:] report to the General Vonference, which met in Indianapolis that year, 88y:— The agents have proved themselves fully ado: to the managetnont of thp varied iniarenin, of Wee Goteern, ontte the new and pressing emergency throughiwhicb {t has passed, arising from increasing demands for our padiications, great reasuiré in the monetary concerns of the country and heavy fa lability arising from the settlement of the claim of tle jethodist Episcopal Oburch Bouth. It would not have beea ath to them so new, and so f.matior of Wonder if, n'a large, @ portion of ft’entirely untrodden, our brethren en- wasted with this great interest had made some material tal, ures; but your committee are free to say that the admin! tration of the agenay has Leen such As to entitle them to approbation and gratitude of the General Conference and the Church at large. It is made the DUTY OF THE BOOK COMMITTER to report to the Annual Conferences as well as to the General Conference and, in the performance of this duty the committee, which consisted of men weil known in this vicinity—namely, Revs. M.D’ Crawford, C, ¥. Aller, A. T. Bullard, Joseph Castle, B. M, Hail, D. W. Bristol, T: G. Hibbard and William Hunter—reported as foliows: Every factlity has been furnished by the ageuts to enable fhe commitiee to ascertain the actual condition of this grea ¢ interest of our Church, ‘The books aud accounts are kept with all “the care and akill which have been heretofore em- ployed, and which have aiforded the needed protection ‘@gamat any loss to the Concern from fraud or accident This was a report of a Cages at a time when, as alleged, gross frauds had becn going on fora series of years, Rev. D. Porter had been Assistant Agent of the Concern for eleven years at this time. Tue progts of the Concern had been increasing ap- nually under the management of Carleton & Porter, ‘until at the close Of the tiscal year of 1868 they had Teached over $1/1,000. ‘Tuis, too, was the year when, according to Dr. Lanahan’s assertions, the frauds and corruption m the Concern culininated, He was elected to tite office of Assistant Agent that year, and of course no FRAUDS COULD HAVE BEEN COMMITTED since. The pook committee, consisting of the mints- ters above named, reporied to the General Qon- outa which met in Unicago in that year, as lol jOoWS:—~+ Tre committee have met annually according to custom (in one year twice) und have given tuelr earnest attention to the dutics assigned them. ‘The committee b as time woud permit, exammed caret Concern, ‘the buildings, machinery and compiteaced operations of tho estabiisiment, he manner of conducting the business, the mode of keeping accounts and the relations of the several departments to each other have all come under their examinatian ; aud your committee are happy to express the pleasure which they have experieaced in witnessing the gensral order, harmony, neatness and guod economy visible in the workings of the establishment. This was what the committee found a few months betore Dr. Lanahan discovered his gross frauds, &o. but as soon as he pubiisned his story the Book Con- cern very Ciearly feit tue shock, and its profits feil Off from $131,000 to $65,000. But the Methodist public did not lose falth tn the financial stability of the Concern nor in the integrit Oi its agents, and while it may be true, as tntimated, that Di, Carleton shall be elected Bishop by the next General Conference, 1¢ witl be as_@ reward for vaiu- @bic and faithful services to the Whoie Church and because the Conference has shown, as it will again show, its FULL CONFIDENCE IN Hi8 INTEGRITY and business anility. He would not be the only agent who has been thus honored, Bishops Soulé Gare recently Of the Cburch South), Kmory, ‘augh, all deceased, and Bishop Scott, still living, have béen book agents of the Ooncern here, and havé been promvted to the bishopric because they bad been found faithful in various other trusts of the Charch, ‘Tie proiits of the Concern last ear amounted to $75,482, and for a period of fi- cn years of Dr, Carieton’s administration—fiom January 1, 1856, te November 40, 1s7J—the aggre- gate profits have amounied to $1,020,618. The assets ai the Concern, waren incjude the buildings here on Broadway and Mulberry street and the branches in other cities, together with the books, furniture, Hagges type, paper, &c., &0., are given at $1,358,431, 0 18 habiiities Of every Kind amount to $567,415, With @ net capitai of $936,016 tucre need be very lit- tle fear of a sudden collapse, The proceedings whiei have taken place before the committee during the past week have been as tuily reported in the HERALD as they could be. After the hasty setilement of {2 ffs Pa Friday evening, ined in : upon which the commttie SINGING Ee 1 DOXOLOGY (which appeared to gdmé to be @ funeral dirge), and he almost immediate repudiation of the bases by both the prosecution and the defence because of technical misunderstanding, the committee had to go over their work agai yesterday morning. Three mpembers of the committee, whose fear of prelatical ispieasure or ol the result of an open investigation it ¥en follow! rs! gr sige ong which was orderéd on the minutes: We, the undersigned, being a minority of the Book Com- mittee of the Metaodist Episcopal Church, believe it to be our duty to enter our solemn protest against the action of the fnajority of the committee In suspenuing the investizauion of charges made against Ker. John Lanthun, D. D., apaist- ant book agent, whicb are now before us, Fira—Becuuse we believe our duty, as a committee, placed in charge by the supreme authority of the Church, demands of us a thorougit investigation and final decision of this case. Secon—Becuuso, having received and entertained the charges and citing the parties converned to appear, and who, accoruiugly, are present and prepared and willing to pro cedd, and because the investigation has already commenced tne charges having been ino! and responded to, we know of no. su/liclent cause for such suspension. Liard—Becaure we are satisiied that the Church ¢ tigation at our hands, and % consent to place ourselves be- 1b subjecting us, with apparent bi fore the community ina ly cause, to tne charge of covering up and concealing wrong. We, therefore, respectfully submit this, our protest, to the whole proceeding of suspension, and ask, ay our right, that it may be incorporated with the proceedings of the case. JAMES ERWIN, J.B. KENNEDY. J. ROPAWEILER, The majority of the committee with the bishops carried everything their own way, and the following BASIS OF SETTLEMENY was finally adopted, to which the bishops append thelr approval:— Whereas the committee find in thelr commencing the inves- tigation of the case of Kev, J. Lanaban that they aro met b: dificuities growing ont of the peculiar provisions of the dis oipline as copatrued Ly @ paper su:mitted by the bishops Prossing thelr opinion of their relations to the investigation, pidvy & lack of apecite direction as to the mode of proceed: ing; Dd whereas they have had a irce and full conference ih the bishops who are present as to the best plan to be poe thoy dein it proper to discontinue any further investigation of the domplaints against the assistant book agent; but as there are differences of opinion as to business Management ang methods in the Book Concern, respecting Which the oe tte bave published their Feports, there ore, thot ba previous judgment by any member of Mi com taicn of [adie i ll flaw Mater Resolved, That questions of business ani methods in thé Book Concern be mittee (of three members of tie Ge ¢ ev. Bishop Scott, which committee shall bavi G Gall 10 thelr aid such nccountante. as ‘wey tay Leben hacen: sary, and that the decisions of all questions of law which 0 the approval of the selection of accouat- ferted to, Kev. Bishop Scott and-. 1. Fancher, jand Hon, G, @. Reynolds—tbis sud-committe mal t Ar report to the General Committee at their annual mecting in February, 1873, so that the matter referred to, vith all necessary Information, may be presented by the ommittee In their qugdrenuig) report to the glen Con- ference of 1379, Sagan’ ‘rae nisde's Tet To,7mm Poox Comnirreni— ‘ae Noorg KAR BurannEn--We rede rr ERZE ys i " 2 r invitation to be pre- against Dr. Danahan ion at Baitimore. We gent al the investization of the while we were holing our annus duty. We therefore felt vory protoundiy the gravity of appoinied a committee of our board. to excinine the uider. nactments of ho General Conference and the present ent rating to the subject. We met in Philadelphia discipline ence to ow understanding of the law and as to the nature in th careful deliberations and extent of our responsibiiities The result of these on the subject, and we felt ourselves constr to present them from a Clear convic- tion of duty to all the parties interested in this investigation. We have been led to this statement, as our commu ai cation eferred (9 in your Hnal action. In the further pro- cedure of your committee in the executive session we had no strictly official connection, nor in your final action bave we any oiicial autheritv ; yet, as You courteously invited ts to be pre- Sent at your executive session and requested our opinions during your deliberations, we deem it to be both respectful aud proper to add the following statement. Ws happy to, say that we witnessed with areut satis jon the anxiety and onrefulness with which ou considered all” the delicate and perplexing “ques. fons upon which you had been calted upon to “act, “ATe'also fuly appreciate all the complications and embarragsmerta surrounding the case, und we were fully aware that there was room for honest difference of oj Nuion ; but after having listened ¢o the discussion, and after full aud careful delibera- tion, we are prepared to that your action in the case meeta our approval, pees yn wise and proper. And we Delleve it wilt be conducive to the best interests of the Church ‘and to all concerned, E. Ly, JANES, we M. SIMPSON, JANUARY 2%, 1871, E.R. AM. At the suggestion of Bishop Scott the committeo also adopted the follewin; Resolved, That the relation of the assistant gent is that which is e by the word “assistant! fame ht tay {wo days before you convened us bere to confer with refer- | in the oil regio fe are | ittee can call the entire body sogether, and three— Damely, Dra, 1. 8, Bingham, £. M. Vernon and J, Rothweifer—have been appointed to ges in concert With Bishop Scott a x. G. G, Reynolds, counsel ed the defence, We He eenenat, WD, cena lor the prosecution, in a thorough investigation of the business of the Book Concern, and the methuds of conducting its several departments, ‘rhey have Power to employ experts, to lake testimony and to compare to the fullest extent the Concern’s system of bookkeeping With others, and the public mayjhave to await their reports to the Book Vommittee and its report to the Geveral Conference ip 1872 without knowing that this vexed question 1s setuled and how, RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Services To-Day. In the Alanson Methodist Bpiscopal church, Nor- folk street, will be held, this afternoon, the annual Meeting of the Society for the Benefit of ne Home Mission attached to the Sunday school of this church, A sermon will be preached on ‘The Coming of the Lord” at the Catholic Apostolic church, Sixteenth street, this evening. Rev. Oscar Hugo preaches this morning in the Jane street Methodist churob, and in the evening in the New England Congregational church, Williams burg. Rey. R. 8. MacArthur preaches, morning and evening, in the Calvary Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Forbes preaches this morning, and Rev. Dr. McVickar afternoon, in the Onurch of the Holy Light. Rev. Abbott Brown preaches in the Church of the Reformation this morning and afternoon, Rev. G, F. Krotel preaches morning and evening im the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy ‘Tnnity. Services as usnal this morning and afternoon in the Canal Street Presbyterian church, Greene street. “Difficulties of Scripture” will be the subject of a discourse this morning ai the Churca of the Evan- gelists, Degraw street, Brooklyn. Rev. Dr. Wedekind preaches morning and evening in the English Lutheran Church of St. James. Rev. Dr. Wescott will preach in Plymouth Baptist church this morning and evening. Rev. Dr. Cheever will preach this evening in the Lexington avenue Presbyterian church, and the pas- tor, Rev. Dr, Sanderson, in the morning. Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach this evening in the New England Congregationul church on “What God Does to Hold Men to Obedience,” Rey. James Kenoedy wili preach the first of a series of discourses on “The Beloved” in the hall of the Harvard Rooms this morning. Rev. Chauncey Giles’ third lecture, on “The Life of Children After Death—How They Are Instructed,” will be delivered at the New Jerusalem (Sweden- borgian) church this evening. Rey. E. ©. Sweetser will preach this evening in the church corner of Bleecker and Downing streets, on ‘The Universalist Idea of Judgment.” Mrs. tlyzer will speak before tne Society of spirit- ualisis in Apollo Hall this morning and evening. Rev, Charles P, Lee discourses this morning in Plimpton Building on * Deborah, the Heroine,” Rey. ©. 8. Harrower preaches morning and eyen- ing in St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church. Rey. J. R. Hendrick preaches moraing and evyen- ing in the Tabernacle Baptist cuurch. Rev. A. Deering, the temperance lecturer, will lecture this evening at Morning Star Hall, “The Day of Judgment” will be the subject of Rey. J. M. Pullman’s discourse this evening, in the Sixth Universalist church. Rev. James T. Powers will preach in the Bleecker street Universalist church this morning and evening. Rey. Dr. Ewer will repeat bis first sermon on the Epiphany at Christ church this evening. Morning service at the usual hour. Rev. G. H. Hepworth will deliver a discourse on “Religious Morals and Religious Prineiples” at the Ohurch of the Messtan this evening. Rey. Richard Newton, D. D., of Philadelphia, will preach to young people at the Church of the Holy ‘Trinity this evening. Rey. James H, Rylance, D. D., of Chicago, will preach thjs morning in St. Mark’s church, Rey. T.8, Preston will preach this morning on the “Church and Liberal Christianity” at St. Ann’s church, East Twelfth street, near Fourth avenue. The Rev. H. A. Brann, D. D., pastor of Fort Wash- ington church, wili lecture this evening at the Instl- tute Hall, 917 Eighth avenue, on the ‘Sinus of Intel- lect.” A portion of the lecture will be directed as a rebuttal of some of the arguments employed by the friends of Italian unity at ube Academy # few nights Se Religious Notes—Personal and General. The annual coliection for misstons made on the 15th, in Grace church, Brooklyn Heights (Rev. Dr. B, H. Paddock, rector) amounted to $10,000. Rey. Francis Vinton, D. D., of this city, with his wife and daughter, has gone to Havana. Rev. D. 8. O. M. Potter, late a Unitarian minister, has applied for Holy Orders in the Episcopal dio- cese of Massachusetts, Rev. ©. L. Goodell has voluntarily relinquished $500 of his salary a8 a contribution to his parish in Connecticut. Kev. Dr. Thomas 8. Crowe (Presbyterian) departed os at + few days ago at his residence in Jeilerson- valle, ind. Rey. 8. M. Thompson, of Pittsburg, has accepted @ call to the First Presbyterian cuurch of Canan- daigua, N. Y. Key. William F, Snow, pastor of the Elliot Congre- gational church of Lawrence, Mass., died on the 1ith inst. At the recent communion at Park street church, Boston, between 78 aud 790 persons participated. Rev. Leander Cobb, for thirty years past of the church in Marion, Mass., has at his own request been released from active duty, aud now becomes pastor emeritus, Rev. N. H. Eggleston, late Professor at Willlams College, has been engaged to take charge of the First church, in Enfieid, Conn., fora year, and has already commenced bis labors. Rev. J. T. ry, tae Evangelist, 1s laboring in Springtleld, A deep religious taterest is also reported Irom Pepperell, where M. F, Durant has labored for ten days or more, The number of in- quirers exceeds 100, Rev, Dr, Baikain, in his farewell sermon, preached January 1, at Lewiston, Me., stated that four sea- sons of revival had occurred during his ministry of alxteen years, ‘The last Congregattonalist says that the scarcity of ministers in New England is by no means so ‘eat as some of our readers at a distance may in- er from a recent article by a correspondent, on the want of pastors for some of the prominent New Hampshire churches. Rey. Hugh W. McKee, of the Brazil mission, i for the present supplying two of the four Port Guese churches at Jacksonville and Springfield, [1 Pyolegsor Condit is now supplying the First Pres- byterian church sa eeen ert will po mmeae his Ty ices ty Ventral churgy in the course of two or gpzylees ty Genteal churep, in tue course of 4 ace ER Se Rev. Dr. TROMDSOM, of the Platie etreet Presbyte- rian churgt, Newark, N. J., has resigned his pastor- ate 0 accept tie Protessorsnlp of Biblical Misvory in the University of Lousiana. Rev. Heary Fowler, pastor of the Central Presby- terian church of Auvurn, N. Y., has been compelied to suspend preaching jor a season, owing to a pare Ual loss of the use of his eyes from oVerwork, Tailure which it ts hoped 13 only temporary. Rey, Samuel 7. Spear, D. D., pastor of the South Presbyterian churei, Brooklyn, Nas tendered his re- signation of the pastorate, im order Lo accept the position of editor of the New York Independent, Rey, J. H. Edwards jeayes his pastorate of nearly Dine years at West Lebanon, N. ii., on account of his wife's heaith, and goes to Western Pennsylvania, having accepted 2 cull to the Presbyterian church at Tideow Rev, Alvert Barnes, in his will, lett $590 to be ap- plied in yearly sums Of $100 to the use of some poor studeat to be nouunated by the Facaity of Princeton ‘Theological Seminary. This, he says in his will, 19 done in consideration of the aid which he received when & student there, which amounted to $476, Key. Mr. Gibbs, Who has tarice uled his sult against the Congregational church in Gilead, Conn. for an unpaid portion of his salary, has at last foun a jury to agree and give iui $337, ir, Re S Stevens, of Attica, N. Y., has given $5,000 to the Unton Free Scitvol of that village, on conditton that the inhabitants shall raise an equal amount for the same purpose. AFOOT RACE IN DAKOTA TERAITOAY. Forr Pembina, Dakota, Jan, 2, 1871, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Isend you the following account of a race, hoping that you will give it place In your paper:— On New Year's night 1t was snowing hard at this post, and a severe storm from the northwest. One of the soldiers offered flvo dollars to any one who would run to Pembina and baek in his shirt and drawers, @ distance of one mile and ahalf, The Tees below zero. ro mercury was twenty-four a H shall be ill took the offer, He is a New York boy, ‘nau ‘ 3 Yo nck ander his dreeto ee Tider twenty years of, nge, and this is his first win: ‘This resolution was es by a vote of 11 to 4— | terin the Aye LA er no cape ~ Cale i to ie xe the . oie geveranient (eat Rte! See WIDER ine con Thus ended for the present in ition of le Was gone from reers mint Sees ee tea acecataten eis | Ges um in ait Se reg pt me 001 worl Ns ne several mem! the belief that touched. He saved nis hands by sticking hia wilt together on this case before in his drawers, Yours tD has run, of we com: BarwaX THE PRISONER IN THE VATICAN. Christmas Day at St. Peter’s and the Pope Absent. Tho Natal Day in the Eternal City—The Pontifi- cal Mass—Wails of the Religious Journals— The Churches—A Dull Christmas—Prepara- tions to Receive King Victor Emanuel. Rome, Dee. 27, 1870, The following extract from the Liverta of this day Will serve to show the opinion of the Roman liberals upon the Pope's voluntary absence from St. Peter's on Christmas day, the most magnificent festival op- served by the Roman Catholic Church:—“We wrote one day that the partisans of the Pope-King did not reclaim the temporal power to be able to exercise more worthily the spiritual, but desired to make use of the latter to reinforce the temp: They did not desire thatthe throne should serve to increase the decorum of the Church, but that the Church should actasaprop to the throne. This truth has been again confirmed by what happened yesterday in Rome, and will continue to be so whenever there is an opportunity, Pius IX. bas not been willing to celebrate THE PONTIFICAL MASS, nor to fulfil any of those acts which in past years, when he was King of Rome, were considered as purely retigious performances, and inseparable from the Catholic worship. And all this because he ts no Jonger king; because he bas no longer temporal power. Indeed, we cannot imagine any greater offence to religion than that offered by the Supreme Ponuf, making it subordinate to purely worldly interests, All the invectives that the reactionary papers pour out upon the kingdom of Italy may be More reasonably turned against him who shows: himself so little anxtous about retigion that he aban- dons its solemn functions only because he has lost his rule over a scrap of earth and a few thousands of men, The founders of the CHRISTIAN RELIGION, PERSECUTED, driven out, oppressed by every sort of vexation, always endeavored, in spite of every danger, to cele- brate its sacred and revered mysteries, But Pius IX., by the evil counsels of those who surround him, because he is now only Pope, although perfectly free to do as he pleases, assumes an attitude, one hardly knows whether more disdaimul or tnditfer- ent. We will not push any farther our examination of this strange and unqnaliflable conduct of the Pontii’s counsellors, But we may aflirm once more that the true enemies of religion are not those who have overthrown the temporal power, but those who, having lost tt, far from imitating the ancient and vigorous examples of the fathers, withdraw from those offices and practices which, up to yester- day, they considered indispensable for the decorum and maintenance of the faitn.” LAMENTATIONS OF THE CLERICAL PRESS, Of course the clerical journals nold very different language, and seek to justilv the policy of insula tion adopted by the court of Rome, Asingie phrase from the Osservatore Romano will suftice to demon- strate the spirit in which the Jesutt party professes Le regard the present position of the Church and the Pontit:—*The entire Uhurch deplores 1 mouruing and desolation her own woes and the imprisonment of the Vicar of Jesus Christ.” We may be allowed to call the correctness of this asserttou into question, as the entire Church has made no such demonstra- tion by abstaining from the celebration of Uhrist- mas, but only that limited portion of the Church which obeys the voice of the Cardinal Vicar of Rome. The same article winds up with assuring the Romans that they will soon see the “miraculous Ponti” at their head again, in the day of the in- fallibie teramph.’” There is some clerical demonstration expected this morning at St. Peter's, it being the festival of St. John, and consequently the Pope’s name-day; but measure: ve been adopted by the police io prevent a rence of anything like We disorders Which took place on the 80 inst. THE NUMEROUS CHURCHES IN ROME were as full as usual on Christmas morning, the faithful not feeling disposed to follow the exampie of their supreme pastor, The Pontifical mass took Place, with a second class sort of solemnity, in the Sixtine chapel, to which access was only obtained by licketa, and a Cardinal officiated instead of the Supreme Pontus, + CHRISTMAS IN ROME, We have had as dull a Christmas in Romo as the erlog & rty could have possibly desired—no cht éofemonies, few social festivittes, and still fewer foreign families, whose money usually gives an impetus to the trade of the Eternal City at this season of the year. In Addition tg these dig- advantages the weathe? has been and cohtitue: to be frighttul; and it 18 not to be Pade avit Siscoura ement sng dusgontent prova ll among tho people. me Waits the stimulus of some ex- citing event to rouse her from her present lethargy. This will be aiforded by the approecling visit of the King, which has been oficially announced by the municipality for the 10th January. The prepara- tions for receiving hts Majesty are rather behind- hand, bat will be hurried on under the energetic direction of the Chevauier Ottini. Last night, until alate hour, firemen aud masons were employed, with two lofty escape ladders conveyed on Cars, fixing hooks on the facades of the house in the Corso for the festoons of drapery and lights under Which the royal cortége will pass on the King’s ar- rival. THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE KING'S RECEPTION at the Capitol have commenced, The municipal council has voted a sum of 100,000 francs for the erection of a grand monument in Rome to Victor Emmanuel, and addressed a circular to the other principal cities of the kingdom inviting them to take part in this patriotic Gemonstration by con- tributing to its expense, The Jeading sculp- tors and architects in the Peninsula will compete for the execution of the work and @ competent committee of artists will select the best design. General La Marmora is desirous that the National Guard of Rome shall be organized by the lst of January. General Lopez, a Roman officer in the Italian army, has been appointed to com- mand the citizen soldiers. The Cavairy squadron, the crack eorps, Composed chiefly of young nobie- wen and ambitious aspirants of the middle class, gave a return dinner on the 22d, at the Braschi Palace, to the officers of the lancer regiments of MUan and Aosta, now in garrison in Rome, THE DEFENCE OF THE STATE. The permanent commission tor the defence of the State has decided that a plan shall be studied and drawn up for the fortification of Rome, naming for the preliminary work a sub-eommission, composed of Generals Delia Rocca, Ricc! and Cerrotl, which has already established itself in Rome and com. menced its preparatory operations, although General ore Js detained at Florence by his parliamentary uties. LAW BREAK :RS IN JERSZY. A Brace of Troublesome Burglars—Singular Phase of the Branke Brothers Case—A New- ark Justice Indicted. During the ember weeks of last fali Essex, Hudson and Union counties, over in New Jersey, suffered very reat damage and annoyance from the depredations of a gang of burglars, The authorities in vain tried to put & stop to the same, but for a time “Without suc- gess, At lehigih, one night Young man, re- siding in the town of Franklin, Essex county, while going home about one o'clock, discovered a store wide open and a horse and wagon standing close by. Something told him that matters were not all right, 80 he proceeded to the most populous part of the placo and roused the sleeping citi- zens, Back they came to the open store, but found no one inside. A search, how- ever, discovered @ large qnantity of goods which had been removed therefrom lying near afence, A further search found two strange men and the conveyance, The pair were arrested by the cilizens and soon afier marched to the Kssex county Jail. While here the two, who gave their names as Ernest and Henry Branke, brothers, sent for Mayor Ricord’s Marshal, Oharies H. Becker. The latter at frst assured the jail authorities that the prisoners were Known to him and were sans re- proche. He subsequently altered his opinion and sald they were NOVED THIEVES. This pores to be the case. A burglary per- petrated at Englewood, in Bergen connty, was traced tothem. At the onsulng term of the Bergen courts they were taken thitner, tried, convicted and sentenced each to three years in the State Prison, whither they were taken. In the meantime the Essex county authorities felt that they had not. been treated fairly in the matter, 80 a few days on @ writ of habeas ago, corpus issued by Judge Denny, they were taken from state Prison to the Essex County Jail, and, having been indicted, will be tried this week on the Franklin burglary. It is thought that their trial will be productive of some very IMPORTANT CRIMINAL REVELATIONS. Among the indictments found by the Essex county Grand Jury, whose labors for the against job) @ Justice vt Pea ne of Newark. In the reltm! tn goin bog one Anthony K. bi Bare who stands with ‘he eft of & justice levied a charge of The mdictment ts for the same as in the oase of ‘Chief Justice’’ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 1871—TRIPLE SHEEr. from Judge Depue, a year or eighteen months ago. In this connection it is proper to say that it would be a great public benefit if the entire pelty judiciary system were aboltshed within the city Hinits and one or two more city police courts established, There are now confined in the Esse: upwards of two hundred prisone: accommodations to a shameful degree County Jail owding is JEFFERSON MARKET POLICE COURT. Record of Saturday’s Cases Before Jadge Cox—The Darky-est Side of the Market— Soiled Doves, Burglars, Street Arabs and Inebriates, Business has been 0 very dull at the Market for the last few weeks that the court o/ficiais look aghast. is Othello’s occupation gone? Have those who do sin out of “pure cussedness” really com- menced to keep their oft-repeated promises of “ won't do 80 any more?’’ or are they only reernit- ing their energies preparatory to a grand sortie? From the number of small boys who, forgetful of the nursery rhyme, He who takes what ian't bis'n, ‘When he’s cotched will go to prison— put in an appearance, charged with stealing any- thing and everything, from @ tenpenny nail to a horse and buggy, one might fancy that the hadiiuds had been busily engaged at home training their children in the way they ought not to go. THE DARKY-EST SIDE OF THE MARKET. Ifthe three sons of Noah ever played euchre or seven-up Ham must have been an invariable loser, if one May judge by the ill Inck bequeathed to his descendants. Never does the Judge at thts court take his seat without seeing before him dusky visages and rolling eyeballs. Their complainia, as a rule, are trifing—princi- pally family quarrela, For instance—Sam\o (proba- bly a boy on one of Jim Fisk’s boats) 1s yellow; Dinah is black. Sambo tires of **blaek” and takes to “yellow; whereupon Dinah rushes to the court and impresses most energetically on the Judge the ab. solute necessity of making Sambo provide a matn- tenance for her, Whether yellow or black may ve the favorite is a matter of perfect indifference to Dinah provided the “stamps” are forthcoming. So Mr. Sambo ts served with @ summons, and when the til-mated coupie hs ga before the “awful seat’? the Judge teils them to sit down in a corner and try to settle their diiference 3 amicably, After afterriiic argument, lasting for at Jeast half an hour, aud carried on in a whisper, Dinah expressed ler entire satisfaction at Banmvo's: promises of amendment, and they leave the court only to reappear in a few days with @ second edition of their troubles. SOILED DOVES are constant visitors at the court—from the gigantic nezro wench to the deilcate Little blonde —and thor troubles are as varied as their appearance. Miss Mattie Wells, a pretty bruuette, was ar- raigned yesterday on a charge of inducing @ young gentleman of Thirty-seventh street to accompany her to @ notorious house in Twenty-fourth and robbing him. Miss Mattie helped to $300 anda diamond pin, valued at $150, Not a vad “haul; bat whether it will compensate the young lady tor the dose she will inevitably receive from ihe Judge, if found guilty, isa matier of question. Matue was held for examination. BURGLARS. Jonn Retlly and Terence Devlin, wanting a “smoke” at half-past four on Saturday morning, broke into the house of Henry Bruntz, No, 19 Tenta avenue, and took not only all the cigars they could smoke, but all they could carry. Oflicer Birdsill, of the Ninth precinct, saw the two worthtes come out of the house and Induced them to visit Judge Cox yesterday afternoon. The Justice took sucu a fancy to the “smokers” that he recommended them to 7 in default of $3,000 bail, TREET ARABS, Two ragged urchins came up charged with steal- ing 2 basket. ‘The next time they appear they may possibly kuow how to make one, DRUNKARDS, More than the usual number of “swiners” passed before the Judge in Indian file and ‘went up” or “went down,” and wie record of the day ts closed. TERPSICHORESN NOTES, THE ORPHANS! BALL, The renowned Orphans’ bail, which the cr@me de la créme of society 181n the habit of annually at- tending, takes place to-morrow (Monday) evening, at the Academy of Music. The number of tickets already sold leaves no doubt to be entertained that it will rival, if not surpass in eiegance and fashion, any of the preceding anniversaries. Ten thousand dollars have at times been realized at a single ball for the benetit of the beneticent institution for which these affairs were Inaugurated, and one who considers amusement a sin can find consolation in the fact that there is enough charity in this to cover & muititude of sins. THE BAXTER HOP on the 25th promises to be an unusually pleasant affair, and will, no doubt, be well attended as these Pegg balls aiways Bes ae cE TAM FRENCH BALL on the 26th is after the Americus. and, in a different sense from that which applies to the Orphans’ bull, wil be the grand feature of the season, VOICE OF 1HE PXOPLE. The Overcrowding of Our Cars, New York, Jan. 17, 1871. To THe Epiror OF THE HERALD:— As a constant reader of your valuable paper, I remarked several articles regarding the crowding of the horse cars in this city, and lately, on the 14th and 17(h inst., “The Packing System in the Horse Cars,” and overcrowded cars, &c. But in none of those articles do I see anything said of what has so attracted my attention and most shocked my morals. I reside up town—Forty fifth street, near Third ave- nue—and my business is in Broadway, close by Fourth street. Every day, when going home, I take the Third avenue cars, between six and seven o'clock P. M. Well, for six months that I have lived up town never did I find a seat, nor even a comfort- able standing place. This Ido nov so much com- plain of for myseif; but wnat J complain of in the strongest terms is the forced necessity for ladies, and particularly for the younger ones, coming from their work, to ride on the platforms of cars, pressed ju the most disgusting manner by men. any of these are gentlemen, Lut some others are not, and make a bad fun of these squeezing opportunities. [ am astonished that there has been no complaint made about tnis case, as it is, at least in my opinion, @ Very shocking one, and which happens every day, not in one car only, but in nine out of ten at that hour, Jdo not care much about the tive or six cents charged for tare, but | ask lor More cars at the necessary time, t have, J will not say comfort, but a little more ease, and to avoid the indecent squeez- Ing of ladies, Please excuse me for my broken Englisn. I wish you may understand me, and that you will give proper shape to the article. Your most obedient, and an admirer of your valuable paper. prolong their “visi C. Retr, Long Subsidies to Steamships Opposed— A New Style ot an Vessel with Twice the Pre- sent Speed. eae New York, Jan. 19, 1872, STOR corey. DE To THe FprvoR oF THE HERALD:— I beg leave through your journal to protest against any action of Congress that will authorize paying a subsidy to any steamship line for a long period of years, The hope of obtaining the patronage of the public, whether of governments or individuala, is the only inducement for enterprising men to project and effect improve nents in shipbuilding. If the government patronage is pledged for a long period of years this hope is destroyed and in so much ro- pressess progressive civilization, Tests are being prepared of a new principle for siipbuilding by which it is expected to demonstrate that a ship can be built at no greater cost, wit no more power aud carrying the same freight, which Wil cross the AG lantic in oue-lalf the time that the fastest steamer now makes. It would be unjust to the public to keep these comparatively slow vessels raoning on government pacronage when faster slips are ready and willing to carry the mails at the same price and 1a half the ime, when without this patrouage those vessels would be run off the ocean on their com- Darative merits, Yours faithfully, PROGRESS, “Diplomacy Played Ont? Esnrrr HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D. C.,} Jan. 16, 1871. To Tuk Epitor oF THE HERALD:— In the Heratp of the 16th inst. there is an article on the fourth page entiued “Diplomacy Played Out," in which the writer predicts the downfall of diplo- macy, and accuses the diplomatic corps as mere intriguers and paragons of fashion. The author no doubt neglects to consider the important services, blessings and honor waich diplomacy has achieved \for this country, He forgets that it was through Bwojamia Franklin, a Lec and diplomat par eqmeWience, that our glorious ‘‘War of Independence” was brougat toa successful close. The services of Wheaton, the world-renowned diplomatist, has cast upon ti country the greatest covsideration snd respect which nations can possess for ovhors. Inter- nafional relation is the landmark where a brilliant civilization commences, and which distinguishes civilized pations from semi-civilized and barbarous countries; tt 18 the means by which nations hold igh Mine eert promote civilization, improve their tho commercial relastons and oll Me youscon ler this a worthy refutation of the pal pe your, pers! you to allow ita in one of your colamns. otry, resvect WINTER PICTURE OF MUNICH A Messenger in the Alr from Paris Hove ering Over Bavaria. Invasion of Bavaria—A Fallom Descends Near the Austrian Frontier—The Captive Aerc- nauts and the Capured Corre. spondence—Zavaria Unmanned. Monica, Jan. 2, 1871, Mnnich ts usually a very cheerful place in the winter, a8 that 1s the “season,” and the inhahnante indulge in their hearts’ delight—yiz.: sledgmg,, The. jingle of sleigh bells, ax the brisk Httle con@ veyances dart across the snow, the gay colors of the: siedges and of the drivers’ dresses, the scarlett harness and silver bells, form quite a pretty picture.: Under the dark pines of the so-called English! Garden, through the queer little streets leading to St.! Anne Vorstadt—every where, in short, about Munten,) the bells jingle and the sleighs skim, In betel tumes they are much more numerous than vitis ea year, when “‘all the men have gone to battle,” and there 18 a great difference; still, however, SLEDGES ARE, OF COURSE, THE FASHION, ‘There ts the peasant’s, made of wickerwork and palnted pea-green, with gilded tracery; tuen all sorte: of carriages are sect upon sledges tustead of wheela—~ gentiemen’s carriages, 3, drosches, laun- dresses’ carts. The laun ses form & Most re~ markable piciure as they come into the town om their sleighs in the morning. They scorn to put tha’ starched petticoats im a basket, and thus chance crumpling them or extinguishing thelr glory. Trey bear these elegant articles aloft upon poles, stream~ ing to the clear winter air. The 1aundresses, with their bright, rosy faces and quaint dresses, looke like practical Joans of Arc, with banners of a truly” feminine type. How odd it must be for the ladies to see their more intimate garments thus publicly paraded ona pole! These washerwomen come im quite & procession, and as they sweep past with. their impaled clothes uttering the effect ia comical in the extreme, INVASION OF BAVARIA, It is a mild Joke current in the papers of these rée gions that Bavaria has been mvaded by the French, because considerable excitement was caused a few days ago by the appearance of an encrmous balloon from Paris—an “aly colossus’ the G ‘The black shadow Of tis remarkabie conveyance asioned some alarm as it doated over the woods of Bavarla towards Bohemia, Near Rodersdorf it descended and four persons got out In great haste. The wind was very igh and stormy, aud auith pers son, with the balloon, was carried off again in qalta @ promiscuous tanner towards Ausirla. ‘the loag rope streaming from the bavloon, which kept at@ one Lundred feet from the, ground, went fluttering like a winged serpent over Uhe lousetops and the frosted trees. Tne birds were hiened at Lie appaiition, and the cata annals of & domestic but Kind turn of mind fled in the wildest coniusion. Meaae while the poor solitary of the balloon, like Robinson. Crusoe up iu the ar, was watted towards the less. hostile land of Austria. At last, towards evening, the balloon came down near Awiesel, a very shore distance from the Austrian frontter. Thither the fying Frencumaan ts » upp to have betaken hime self, leaving his balloon avant, and Nis Compan ions also. ‘The balloon Was soon surrounded by bune dreds of the curious, wo, ho doubl, unpacked it with an amused relish at having such a present from Paris. Taey found lots of ietters im 4b, four poor littie carrier pigeons, some Fr and some articles of lug, the “lutess Parisian fashion”? with a ver e I do not know whut they were though, ¢ { there was one pretty cap (smoking cap), richly embroidered with gold. CAUGHT KLY Meanwhile the four who had tirst descended found themselves the objects o1 more attention than they desired, no dout or things. Three of them made their way to the neighvorioud of the town of Rothen- burg. A letter to Crenueux Was ‘ound on oue of them, but they declared they had no political mise sion, and had only come out of Paris thus because they wanted to get awuy and hid no other means of doing 50. The Jourth was a man who had been in a circus which tr through Germany, and he could speak the crabned Deutsch, He joined a peae sunt and went into a public house upen his descents What he did aud said to betray himself 1 cannot say, but he was almost immediately sted, He waa the conductor of the balloon. The whole “square party’ e given upto the royal “Stadt comman- dant schatt” forthwith, To relate what that august body will do with them “I have not the pleasure,’ as Mrs. Gamp says, “being uubeknown.’? GERMAN JESTS. Have you seen the following schoolboy wit at the expense of poor Paris, wi can really bardly afford ee emanates frum the North German Gymnast as Many things that end im ‘5% Have quite vauished from Pariss Pais yrocis, come to sinia; Canis finn lett only crinis; Even Littie curunis Ta quite gone with mugili Fei, at, and vat, called gli tno more Ignis, lapies ni Atake off, you perceive, of the doggerel rules in the Latin grammar, It has been going tue rounds as a great joke. But German jokes ure about as hea as their Held pieces, you Kuow, and do less exect tion, They do their jesting wuch better in Ameri- cay Nesi ce pas ? In Germany little tales like these are considered witty :—*A traveller looking from his carrlage Wia- dow observed, ‘Lis sceuery 1s romantic;’ ‘No, sir,’ repited the driver, ‘lt is Austria.’’? Fancy laughiog at that! Or to quote anovwer time-honored jJoke—an old tady reveiving a very untidy and lilege ibie letter from her sou, exciatmed, * Au, poor Tom, 1 see he stutters still.” BAVARTA UNMANNED. Of course this little kKingdoin shares the fate of the rest of the Fatherland, and misses 1ts mankind dread= juily, At other times are seen groups, now Want- ing, which were brightiy effective in an artistic point of view—the Bavarians and their costume ing essentially picturesque, as becomes the country- men of the great Albrecht Durer, ‘There used to be the woudcutters entering the town early ta the crisp winter mornings, They brought in great logs of wood (a wonderfully pleutiful article in Bavaria), and land them down by the side of the ol ad of what Was Wanted, and then T woodcutters were quite figures for a pumter—in brown or light pink cotion juckets, black velvet kuitekerbockers and long biack boots. The women In the reguisr “‘buy @ broom’? style, fond of warm colors, chiefly red and green, ‘luen there used to be the woidiers carting ice and snow aud care it away Co throw into the Iser. (One ond of 0: jokes might ask whether tee to the Iser were not something like “gilding gold:’) Now the poor fellows are far enougn away, bravely fighting sting in @ soldier's grave, with French snow for @ Winding sheet. Itisa great joke against them in the ‘man army that they are fowler of eatiog, drinking and comforts than their teliows, and very good judges, too, They have set up a brewery In the Jand of their invasion, where their comrades say the beer !s somewhat “young,” bub very tee. His Majesty of Bavaria and his weil beloved (thor oft dispated with) Richa-d Waguer, the musteian 0} the future, are sometimes seen at Munich, and always, of course, excile great attention, or at any Tate as much as any one can spare just now from the engrossing subjects of tne war and the glories, present and future, of the new Geriuan empire. AN OLD CONVICT. A Desperate Burelar Captured with Three Thonsand Dellary’ Worth cf Stvien Cle gars. A wagon Was seon yesterday morning, at about ten o'clock, by an officer of the fwenty-second pre+ cinct, in a lumber yard at the corner of Forty-third street and Broadway. Ordinarily the presence of the vehicle would not have been noticed by the of- cer, but as he passed near it he discovered a strong odor of tobacco, On an examination of the can+ | tents of the wagon he found that it was dited with 250 boxes of ctgars. A more minute inspection Te vealed the fact that @ man was hiding onjthe bottom of the wagon, partly concealed by tne boxes. The oMeer rapped for assistance, and on the arrival of another patrolman the hidden matvidual was called apen to surrender himself into the ands of the representa= tives of the law. A revolver was ut once levelied af the two intruders by the man as a sort of repiy to their demand, and Was on the point of Des: uis- charged at a particular portion of the ist odlcer's body, when oficer No. 2 struck the wrist of tho desperado and knocked the pistol out of his hand. On arriving at the Twenty-secoud precinct station house he was at once identified as an old friend of the “blues,” he bel no other than the novorious, Siecown “th al had been stulen on Fi cGown. ‘The cigars had wen Ol ht from the uew store of Acker & Co., Ab the tense of Forty-second street and Broadway, which: had lately been imported ata cost of $3,000 " were two accomplices, who escape behind them 4 burglar'’s ‘yimmy, and a hatchet. 2 EXPLOSION IN GREENPOINT. we Shortly before noon yesterday a still in theofl worxs of Sohn & Fleming, situated on Newtown creek, Greenpoint, exploted with w terrific crash while one of the workmen—James a ning tho manhele. McElroy waa and ine building ia whtch the stil fire, but no further matertal aami fire waa confined to a smi! ¢ James Curran, alias Charies | — . 5