The New York Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1871, Page 4

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ULIEN’s CON n and om and Kve NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— SOIENOE ANY ALT new York, daly 1871. = Monday, 10, CONTEATS OF TODAY'S HERALD, Pace. kee Te Advertiscments, 2— Advertisements. 3—A Political Mare’s Nest: The Alleged Perjary of Navai Oiticer Lailin—Murder Trial—Court Cal- endar for To-Day—Advertisements. 4@—Editorials: Leasing Article, “Tre Procession of the Orangemen —The Plain Duty of the Auuori- ties""— Amusement Announcements. S—The Situation in France—Germany: Arrival of the Emperor at Ems—News trom Anstreilasia- The Coroner's Inquest on the N Dnsaster—'he Gillis-Gregory ‘Case— hington—Personal Intelligence—Foreign Personal Gossip—Local Matters—Views fs the Past—husiness Notices, vious People Persptring Under the s of the Pulpit; Imposing Dedication Services and Sermons in the City Royal ‘Thames Channel City News—A Constable's ery—The flissfui Joseph and His Dot- of July Victim —Brookiyn A Attairs—Died from a Fractured Skull—Another Suicide in Hoboken—Fimancial and arriages and Deaths. The Treatened Riot on Wed- dvice by the Archbisnop aud lergy to Their Congregations: Prepared; oe sident Grant Called on to Suppress Orange Demons 1s—Ship- ping Intelligence—Advertisemeuis, com- Mayor Hart, Scprristenpent Kerso ann THE Porice CoMMISSIONERS must see to it that there is no riot on Wednesday. A New Jersey Potice Dopcze—To arrest United States Custom House officers and keep them in durance for seizing smuggled goods. The case of United States officer McCord, who was made the victim in a case like this, demands thorough investigation. It remains to be seen whether Jersey City policemen can be permitted to interfere with Uncle Sam's officials in the Performance of of their duties, TuEsr Ark THE Usirep St Srates of America, and not Germany, France or Ireland. We do not ask onr fellow citizens of German, French or Irish birth to forget the glories of the ‘‘old country ;" but they must not be allowed to fight their battles over again in the streets of New York. Pouitios ar rae Waterinc PLacns.—With probably the exception of Long Branch politics at the watering places may be registered just at present rather dull. A number of our active politicians have gone to Europe for the season, and hence their presence at our fashionable summer resorts is not expected. As the season progresses, however, there is no doubt that ‘something of a shower” in the way of political intrigues may turn up at those places where feshion and cash most do con- gregate at (his time of year. Arcnbisnor MoCioskey bas done a wise thing in advising all good Catholics to desist from any riotous demonstration against the Orangemen. Commissioy EASONTON has offered to do the ‘fair thing” relative to hia conflict of jurisdiction with Mr. Boutwell. He atates his own case fully and freely, and submits it to the President with the snggestion that Secre- tary Boutwell submit a similar statement of his own views in the watter, and that the two state- ments be presented to the Attorney General for an opinion, What fairer can the Secre- tory ask than this, and what better way can be found of settling any dispate, whether per- sonal, deparimental or international? The epirit of the great Joint High Commission evi- dently lingers about the precincts which it re- cently pervaded. Wen the Necrogs gloried over the ratili- eation of the fifteenth amendment on the 80th of May they did it in the face of a great many people who believed there never ought to have been any fifteenth amendment ; but there was no repetition of the ecenes of July, 1868, and it would be simply barbarous if a political contest, which took place in Ireland nearly two hundred years ago, should be pro- ductive of bloodshed in New York in July, 4871. The Procession of the Orangemea—The Pinin Dety of the Authorities. The Orange societies propose to have their annual parade on Wednesday, the 12th of Juky, and there is some apprehension that the procession may lead to a terrible conflict and the shedding of blood. While we hope such a calamity may not come upon us we cannot shut our eyes tothe fact that there is some danger. We suppore, too, the authorities and those who have influence over the masses, with whom the danger lies, are aware of this fact. If there should be a bloody conflict, then, the city authorities and those who have influence to prevent such a catastrophe will be held responsible. Timely warning is given of the threatened danger, and should the Mayor, others in authority and the leaders of the people not make ample preparation to avert the evil, to maintain the rights of all and to preserve order, they will fail in their duty and a terrible accountability will rest upon them. There can be no excuse for neg- lecting their duty. The Mayor and the Police Commissioners have the police force at their command, and there is the National Guard if needed. Then, if necessary, fifty to a hundred thousand citizens could be called upon as special constables, In the two days—to-day and to-morrow—before the procession of the Orangemen takes place the fullest prepara- tions can be made to suppress any attempt at disorder and to maintain peace. If the Orangemen intend to parade or to hold a picnic, as they did last year when assaulted, they have a right todo so. As long as they conduct themselves peaceably no one has a right to interfere, and if threatened with violence it is the duty of the city government to protect them. A great deal has been said about the principles and religious prejudices of these Orangemen and of the old feud between them and the Irish Catholics, but this has nothing to do with the question of their right to congregate together and to parade peaceably in this city and land of freedom. It is not because they are Orangemen or Protestanis that they can claim this right and should be protected in it, All sects and classes of people here have the same—the Catholics, Protestant sects of every denomination, Jews, infidels, Irish, Scotch, English, French, German, Spaniards, negroes, Chinese, and societies of every kind and of both sexes, have full liberty to hold meetings, picnics or parades in the streets, with any ban- ners or devices they please that are not im- moral and as long as they aot peaceably. This is impartial liberty, where all are treated alike, but where all are subject to the restraints of lawand order. This is the very spirit of our institutions and our glorious birthright. To permit any class of men or religious fac- tion to assume the power to violently prevent apy other class of men enjoying this inesti- mable and universally acknowledged privilege would be destructive to republican liberty. It would be the end of equal justice, and our city would be turned over to mob rule worse than that of the Commune of Paris, for the toleration or permission of one such act of mob violence would lead to others. The time has come when the question must be settled whether one class of the people shall or shall not enjoy the same rights and privileges as another, and it may be as well on this occasion of the Orangemen's parade as on any other. We have no sympathy with those people who bring over the Atlantic with them their old country prejudices and bigotry, and wish all, Catholics and Protestants alike, would leave them behind. We care no more for the batile of the Boyne or the questions involved in it than for a fight between two pugilists, bat we insist upon all classes in America being protected in their right to assemble or parade in a peaceful manner. Have not the Irish Catholics the largest liberty here? Do they not on St. Patrick's Day or any other day take possession of the streets of New York, and that often to the inconvenience of thousands of our citizens and to the obstruc- tion of travel and business? Is not aearly the whole police force of the city called out to courteously assist in their parades? Yet the majority of the population care nothing for St, Patrick and have no sympathy with them. The Germans and people of other nationalities and religions do the same. Why, then, not the Orange societies? Here people of foreign birth or foreign descent must learn to concede to others the same privileges they enjoy them- selves. Our institutions are tolerant to all, and we cannot allow mobs to usurp authority for the purpose of exhibiting their intolerance, The fearful occurrence last year on tbe twelfth of July was a disgrace to the city gov- ernment. The blood of the men killed then is a stain upon it, though little was said at the time and its negligence was partly smothered up. By far the greater part of the people at the Orangemen's picnic at the park near Ninety-second street on that occasion were women and children, and a more orderly, better dressed and respectable class of people are rarely secn. The ruffans who assailed them were for the most part men employed by the city government on the new boulevards and streets in that neighborhood. They left their work in the middle of the day for the purpose of assaulting these inoffensive people. It was a pitiable sight to see hundreds of women and children—the Orangemen’s fami- lies—flying across Eighth avenue and the Central Park for their lives, while their fathers and brothers were in a death struggle with their assailants. Were not the city authorities or police aware that a dangerous riot was imminent then? The probability of such a thing was publicly talked about. Yet there were few policemen near, and not till after several persons were killed. Let us vot have a like occurrence again. And if the police cannot be relied on— if there be any apprehension that the nation- ality or religious prejudices of many might induce them to be too favorable to Irish Catholics on such an occasion—let the National Guard be called out or a sufficient number of special constables be sworn in. We do not say this to throw any doubt upon the police, which is for the most part an efficient body of men, but to urge the authorities to use every precaution, We bad evidence in the late in- terference of the Catholics of San Francisco with the Italians, who were celebrating the unity of Italy and oceupation of Rome by the Italian government, to what lengths bigotry and intolerance will carry men when not re- strained by the band of power, Let our city a NEW YORK HERALD, government, then, leave nothing to chance, but be prepared at all points. We learn with satisfaction that Archbishop McCloskey advised the Catholic clergy to tell the people in their addresses yesterday to abstain from interfering with the Orangemen and that the Archbishop himself addressed his congregation to that effect, Considering the influence the priests have over the Catho- lic people there is reason to hope their advice will be taken, and that there will be no trouble. Indeed, if unfortuoately there should be a riot, the priests, in view of their great and well known influence, will not be held blame- less. It would prove very damaging to them, as well as to the Catholic community generally. While we commend Archbishop McCloskey for the step he has taken we wish his sermon had been less bitter in tone toward the Protes- tant Orangemen and that he had made a stronger argument on the question of the equal right of all to assemble or parade in this free country, Mayor Hall should issue a proclamation at once warning the Catholics not to interfere with the Orange procession and to let them know what will be the consequence of any interference. He should in this document show, in his accustomed lucid and forcible style, what the rights of the people are to assemble or parade, and that to depart from these under the fear or threats of any faction or sect is to give up the principle of liberty on which our republican institutions are founded. He should at the same time, as we have said before, be fully prepared to sus- tain his proclamation to protect the Orange- men and to preserve order. In this, too, he should be sustained by the other authori:ies— by Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly, the Police Com- missioners, the judges, magistrates and all others. If these democratic city magnates should fail to do their duty, out of a tender regard for Catholic voters, they would proba- bly soon lose their power in this city. An indignant public would not tolerate such trimming and imbecility. It would do more to turn the city and State over to the radicals than anything else. It would be most damaging to the democrats everywhere, and destroy whatever chance they may have of carrying the next Presidential election. The Protestant and anti-Catholic cry would ring from one end of the land tothe other, and the radicals would not be slow to re-echo it for political purposes. There is but one course for the city authorities to pursue, and that is to defend at any cost the right of all classes of the people to peaceably assemble or parade, and on the present occasion to pro- tect the Orangemen in exercising that right. Tne Emperor WILLIAM arrived yesterday at Ems, where he met bis imperial nephew the Czar of Russia. The war of 1870-71 has made Ems one of the most historical places in Germany. It is but one short year since Count Benedetti, the foolish envoy of a foolish and wicked master, pursued the King of Prus- sia with his ceaseless clamors about the Hohenzollern candidature while the King was engaged in drinking a cup of health- invigorating water from one of the foun- tains at Ems. The mighty events which have since taken place may, after all, have originated in that little incident. If the vain Frenchman had, perhaps, waited until the King had taken his fill of Ems water, instead of bothering him while {n the act of drinking it, he might have received a civil answer—one at least which would not have been constrned as an insult by the grande nation, and war might have been averted. Thus the Franco-German war has perhaps a still humbler origin than the Hohenzollern candidature—perchance it all sprang from a cup of Ems water. The meeting of the Em- peror William and the Emperor Alexander will render Ems doubly famous in the annals of history, for it may lead to an event equal in importance to the late war—to an alliance between Russia and and Germany. — Tue Bowen Case.—Bowen, the convicted bigamist, has at last been pardoned. Few will grudge Bowen his liberty; and there are not, we think, many who will blame the Presi- dent for this exercise of Executive clemency. At the same time it is not to be denied that such interference with the course of law, although unquestionably the prerogative of the executive head of the nation, is dangerous. Bowen was convicted after a fair and impar- tial trial. We have no donbt that President Grant felt that he was justified in granting an unconditional pardon, But we cannot say that the reasons which he gives for so using his prerogative are satisfying to our mind, There are many persons now serving out their term of imprisonment for the same offence of whom as much might be said in the way of ex- tenuation as has been said of Bowen. Bowen has friends; they have none. Therefore they suffer, and Bowen goes free. We do not grudge Bowen his liberty. We do not blame the President. But in the interests of the general public we say such examples must not be frequent. The effect is not morally heath- fal, THE CABINET - Orists IN SPAIN. —The difi- culties which have so long existed between the Cabinet of King Amadens and the Cortes seem at last to have culminated. The budget of Sefior Moret, the Finance Minister, is the great bone of contention. In opposition to the budget the republicans and the Carlists and other. factions have united. Moret has on more than one occasion threatened to resign ; but at the urgent request of his colleagues he has remained in office. It is now announced that Marshal Serrano will resign the Presi- dency of the Council of Ministers in case the budget should be rejected by the Cortes, and that his example will be followed by the other members of the Cabinet. In such a case ii is said Sefior Olozaga will be called upon to organize a Cabinet ont of the party of pro- gresistas. King Amadens, it is evident, does not find his throne a bed of roses. If the French republic succeeds, his reign, we fear, will be a8 brief as it has been unsuccessfal. THe Kwiauts 0 or St, PATRICK | and the great body of Irishmen in New York celebrate the 17th of March without interference from any quarter, But when another class of Irishmen choose to celebrate the battle of the Boyne there are lond and angry threats, and iaat year there was bloodshed. Should blood be spilled this year, of which there is some danger, it would be disgraceful to the cily. Violence myst be prevented at all hazards (re nic ea ene ea Ne lr MONDAY, JULY 10, 1871 The Sermons Yesterday. Summer sermons are, like the weatber, usually oppressive, but our columns this morning will testify that the best preachers have not all gone to the country yet, and that those who remain can get off as good things as those who have left us. The Rev. Mr. McVickar, in Harlem, discoursed ably to an Episcopal audience on the priesthood and the intercession of Christ, and the consequent boldness with which believers may come to the throne of grace. Rev. Dr. Deems enter- tained the Strangers at his church with a dis- course on the freedom of the human heart and mind to choose or to reject Christ, and the welcome which all may expect who come to Him. The Rev. Dr. Armitage e%- plained to his Baptist congregation the nature and the blessedness of the hidden life of the believer in Jesus and the peace and security which result from this unton of God and man. The Rev. Horatio Southgate re- lated for his Episcopal hearers the story of the unjast steward, whose tact, but not whose theft, the Saviour applauded, and which former attribute the reverend preacher thought might very profitably be imitated by every branch of the Christian Church to-day. And so we think ; for there is nothing more certain than that the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And there is no good reason why talents which make business successful in this life cannot be applied to matters pertaining to the life to come with equal success. The fact remains, however, that it is not so, and the reason we leave for the Church to define. And very much in sympathy with this dis- course was another delivered by Rev. Mr. Swift in the Central Methodist church on the blessedness of presenting our bodies living sacrifices to God. ‘The Church,” said he, “‘is suffering to-day from unproductive capital—from talent lying dor- mant within its bosom—more than from any- thing else.” We have no doubt of it, and the duty of Mr. Swift and of the ministers generally is to wake up this dormant talent, to invest this unproductive capital, and see that a suit- able spiritual return is received therefrom. In the Catholic churches the sermons were equally interesting. The Rev. Father O'Far- rell, of St. Peter's, preached the dedicatory sermon at St. Paul’s new church in Harlem. He elcquently described the temple of God with men, its characteristics, its importance and its abiding influence. But the words which call for our heartiest approval and grat- itude are those uttered by Father Pres- ton in the Cathedral, in which, refer- ring to the Orangemen’s contemplated procession next Wednesday, he implored Cath- olics to avoid it, pass it by in silence, and in no way interfere with it. Weagree with the reverend genileman and with the other Catho- lic clergy who exhorted on this subject in be- lieving that it would be a great blunder for Catholics to interfere with the procession. Suppose a French mob had interfered with the recent German peace celebration, how long does any one believe the police would require to arrest the whole of them? Not many min- utes; and we hope they will be on hand next Wednesday and make short work with any rioters, of any name or creed or nation- ality, who may appear on the streets or in the parks, We consider it in decidedly bad taste for any class of foreigners to bring their religious feuds to this country and seek to perpetuate them here; but we allow the utmost liberty consistent with the preservation of the peace, and we demand protection for Irish Protestant processions as well as for St. Patrick’s or German, Italian or any other procession. Father Flattery in St. Teresa's, Father Quinn in Barclay street church, and other clergy, insisted on allowing to Protestants, even though they be ‘‘mis- guided Orangemen,” the same liberty which their own people claim and receive. In Washington the Rev. Mr. Hinckley dis- coursed to the First Unitarian church on the uses and abuses of liberty, taking occasion to make suitable reference to the recent Peace Treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Rev. Dr. Boynton, in the Assembly Presbyterian church, handled Communism, atheism and other isms in a fitting manner, while showing the superiority of heart religion over intellectual philosophy in matters of faith. And if any of our readers are curious to realize the difference and to make the contrast for themselves they have but to turn to another column, where they will find as reasonable an amount of Communistic philosophy, twaddle and blasphemy combined as our New York imitators of the Paris fire-eaters and free- thinkers might be expected to provide on short notice; so that, on the whole, our “religious” columns will be found as readable and as inter- esting as usual, Tne Foousn Prystcians or WasHIneton who have held out so firmly against darky equality have finally agreed to ignore in sub- stance all charges against members for con- sulting with colored physicians. Also an indiscreet white doctor who had consulted in the case of Vice President Colfax with another doctor, who some time previously had, under some strange hallucination, held a seat in the Board of Health on equal terms with a homeo- pathic physician, has been ignomiuiously ex- pelled. It is evident, therefore, that an allo- pathic “nigger” is better than a homeopathic white man. On A Question or Income Tax the Inter- nal Revenue officials have decided that the superintendent of a lunatic asylum is not necessary for the legitimate purposes of State governments, and therefore must ‘‘pony up” his regular quota of the annual taxation, The superintendents of lunatic asylums about Washington have evidently been derelict in their duties. If they had taken under their guardianship half the politicians abont the capital who need the wholesome instructions of a lunatic asylum we do not doubt Commis- sioner Pleasonton would have been impressed long ago with their necessity, and they would have consequently been exempt. We hope they will commence a reform in this matter at once, Tun Great Prac x JUR BILRE of the Germans in New York, on the 2d of May was as distasteful to the French residents of the metropolis as a parade of Orangemen can pos- sibly be to the Irish, But the peace of the city was not broken, and it must not be broken Bow. Archbishop McCleskev’s Daty Regardieg the Orange Procession. Archbishop McCloskey has issued a circular urging upon the Catholics of this city the necessity of maintaining the peace on the 12th inst., when the Orangemen parade. Circulars are very good in their way, but in such an emergency as the present something more is needed. The Archbishop of the Catholic Church in this city and the priests under his rule are influential enough to prevent the bloody demonstration that has been threatened by the Catholic Irishmen, and if there is any bloodshed upon that day, any riotous denial of the rights of parade to peace- able men, any violation of the liberties guaranteed all peoples and all religious sects in our country, the. people of this city will hold him and them responsible for it. The Orangemen have as much right to parade here as any one else. All proces- sions block up our streets alike—the Germans in their peace celebration; the Irish on St. Patrick’s day; the militia on the Fourth of July and numerous other occasions—and the Orangemen have as much right to block us up as anybody cise. At any rate the battles of the Old Country—those of two hundred years ago, at least—cannot be renewed upon Ameri- can soil, and among the mass of the people of this country, where our boast has always been freedom to all, there is no disposition to favor fora moment the bloody threats that have been made against the peaceable parade of Orangemen. Archbishop McCloskey has influence sufficient to put a stop at once to the ruthless preparations that are going on, and the peace-loving people of this city insist upon his putting a stop to them. The Newark Disuster—Verdict Coroner’s Jary. The inquest in the Newark Railroad disaster is concluded, and, coming so directly upon the disaster itself, is naturally affected by that righteous indignation which all feel at the negligence of the company, and which usually oozes out of the finger ends of all coroners’ juries after long-vontinued and uninteresting testimony. Here the jury have had an oppor- tunity to render a verdict against the com- pany while yet their hearts glow with honest indignation. But the verdict is nevertheless an insipid and mild affair—a most lame and impotent conclusion. It being shown that the switchman, William Thompson, a stout lad of seventeen, had undoubtedly left the switch open, ina fit of abstraction, probably, or absence of mind—they say care- lessness—this inteliigent jury render a verdict finding that the deaths ensued accord- ingly, and they censure the railroad company for employing young and in- experienced persons to hold responsible positions, Thompson ig rather young for his position, though we cannot see that it requires any very great experience or marvellous expert- ness, acquired only by age and long service, to tend a switch. It more especially requires close attention, and the censure of the company may not be undeserved in this matter. Unless some of the directors are prosecuted for this negligence, or William Thompson—boy as he is—is made to s:rve as a warning to other switch tenders, however, the censure is likely to have been a very use- less expenditure of breath. There were many other matters shown up in the inquest that ought have touched the attentive faculties of the jury. It appears that a misplaced switch is easily discerniblo by an engineer at a distance of twenty-five hundred feet from his engine, and that a train going at the rate of twenty miles an hour can be stopped within that space. Poor Frank Kiernan might have saved his life had he seen that misplaced switch sooner. It is almost certain that he would have saved it, and that there would have been no collision atall had there been patent brakes on the train. The jury should have inquired into these mat- ters. The road connecting New York with one of its chief suburbs carries too much precious buman freight to be left to ‘‘dodge” accidents. It must have every appliance to prevent them—grown up switchmen, patent brakes, faithful engineers, like Kiernan, and more cautious and inquisitive juries. of the Tuk ORANGEMEN intend having a parade on Wednesday, and there are rumors that they are to be interfered with by another set of men. Celebrations and parades commemora- tive of New and O!d World events constantly occur in this city. Onthe 17th of March the Trish celebrated the anniversary of the birth of St. Patrick with great pomp, driving all manner of vehicles off Broadway, stopping the street cars for hours and interfering with the convenience and comfort of the whole city. Nobody complains, because everybody is will- ing that the Trish shall glorify the Patron Saint of Ireland to their hearts’ content. On the 2d of May the Germans in this city celebrated the triumphs of Germany in the late war, and no- body thought of interfering with them. On the 30th of March the negroes gloried over the ratification of the fifteenth amendment, and everybody submitted as everybody generally submiis. The rights of one class are the rights of all, and what one'may rightfully do another may do also, It would be a very great wrong, especially in view of these recent parades of Irish, Germans and negroes, if the Orangemen alone should be prevented from managing their celebration in their own way, and the city and police authorities must not allow them to be interfered with or the peace of the metropolis to be broken. SgNnaTOR CAMERON AND THE ‘Vick Prest- DENCY.—It seems that Senator Cameron declines the candidacy of the republicans for Vice President. He should not be too modest. In order to carry Pennsylvania against Chase and Hancock it will be necessary for the republicans to place a strong Pennsylvania man on their ticket. That man is Simon Cameron. With Grant for another term and Cameron for Vice, Pennsylvania may be set down as pretty sure for the repnblicans in the Presidential Face of 1872. Wr Cau | Urox THE Mayor AND THE CoMMISSIONERS OF Poricg to take measures for preventing any interference with the parade of the Orangemen on Wednesday. If the events of last year aro to be repeated the city will be in danger of being plunged into a condition almost as bad as the condition of Paris during the sway of the Commune when- ever one class of men undertukes to celebrate any event obnoxious to another clags, Bergess—Wells—Powers. The Episcopal Diocese of Long Island has no worthier name on its mivisterial roll than that of Rev. Alexander Burgess, D. D., rector of St. John’s Protestant Episcopal church, om Seventh avenue and Douglass street, near Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Dr. Burgess is s man in the prime of life, about forty-eight years of age, and nearly twenty-eight of these he has spent in the service of the Church. He is a native of Providence, R. I., and a gradu- ateof Brown University and of the General Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary. He is a brother of the late Bishop Burgess, of Maine, and he himself has been offered and declined that bishopric when it was rendered vacant by his brother's death, having a pre- ference for the pastoral work. The Doctor is a “Low Church” man, and, as a believer in facts rather than fancies, in faith rather than forms, he has labored earnestly and zealously for many years in building up and strengthening St. John's church, so that it has been able to send out several thriving colonies, and yet has felt a necessity to erect a larger and more commo- dious house of worship for the parent society, at a cost of over one hundred thousand dollars. In the pulpit Dr. Burgess is solemn and persuasive, and makes good use of poetical and metaphorical illustrations, to which he seems to be greatly inclined, and in the appli- cation of which he is very happy and effective. His power lies in the truth he utters rather than in any physical demonstration he may make with it. And just there the minister should always find and exercise his greatest power ; for by the word men are to be justified or condemned, The bond of love which unites this pastor and people is like a three-fold cord, which cannot be broken save by death. The Rev. John D. Wells, D. D., pastor of the South Third street (Brooklyn, E. D.) Pres- byterian church, bas held his pastoral relation to this church for more than twenty-one years, Dr. Wells is a native of this State, and a graduate of Union College, Schenectady, and also of Princeton Seminary. He has been in the ministry of his denomination about twenty- seven years, laboring with great zeal both as a missionary and asa pastor, and during his pastorate the village or burg has grown to a city, and the city has been absorbed by its sister city. He has watched the growth of Williamsburg and has encouraged his people to plant churches and extend the influences of the Gospel to their neighbors less fortunate or less able to sustain the Christian ministry. Hence the South Third street church has be- come the parent of a respectable and useful and thriving progeny. The Chrystie street, Throop avenue and Ross street Presbyterian churches owe their origin to it. And they, in turn, are extending and perpetuating their own existence and usefulness by similar means, The old stock, meanwhile, flourishes apace, and at present counts over three hundred members and a Sabbath School of an equal number of scholars. And the Doctor does not grow weary in well doing, nor do his people flag in their zeal for the success of the Gospel in the Burg. The Rev. Henry Powers, pastor of the Film place Congregational church, is a worthy sac- cessor of the eloquent and popular Rev. Wil- liam Alvin Bartlett, now residing in Chicago. Mr. Powers is a native of Massachusetts, which State produces nearly all the Oongre- gational ministers of the Union, He is about thirty-eight years of age, tall and thin, and with a deeply intellectual face and head. He is a graduate of Yale College and of the East Windsor Theological Institute, and has been about eleven years in the ministry, He was called to his present pastorate in January, 1869, and in the following month assumed the full relation. His sermons are models of deep thought and sonnd reasoning. They are scholarly productions, and reveal a mind well stored with general knowledge, as well as with theolozical truths. Mr. Powers is an original thinker, and consequently accepts nothing upo1 the say-3o of others; but he proves all things, and holds fast to that which is good. One who is well acquainted with him says that he has investi- gated truth to dispute as well as to learn, and thongh not given to disputations in the pulpit he does sometimes let the daylight into the theological and social shams of the age. His discourses have a beauty and force of diction which are captivating in them- selves, but their originality and strong logical arguments, thoroughly infused with Christian love and hope, never fail to impress the hearer. Mr. Powers is eloquent and at times impas- sioned, and he always sends his congregations away with thoughts and ideas for many an hour's reflection. He has held his large and increasing congregation for two and a half years by the magic power of his eloqnence and Christian piety, and Le is dearer to their hearts to-day than ever. He isa hard and tireless worker and is reaping the fruit of his labors now, but a greater harvest and a richer reward await him hereafier. May success crown the efforts of every faithful minister and servant of the Lord Jesus Christ. Wuats Tut Mattar?—Professionalism seems to be at a discouat. It don’t pay. What's come over the professors generally ? On Saturday, at Long Branch, the ‘‘fleld” was in Iuck, and the ‘‘favorites” were losers. There was some tall profanity and a general emptying of pockets over the failure of pro- fessionalism. In the spring meeting at Jerome Park there was a similar reaction against the old turfites and in favor of the ama- teurs. Down in Wall street the gold ‘‘pool” have been steadily beaten all the time. When they “went out” of their gold gold went up. When they got in again gold went down. The Rock Island professionals were very badly injured. The chief professor will be a “lame duck” for many years to come. Consolidation Coal was a black affair for another professional pool. The other pools and cliques on the Stock Exchange are all pinned in the attitude of the drunken man at the lamppost, who was afraid to let go and very much afraid something terrible was going toshappen if he held on. Again, what's the matter? Is bad luck an epidemic like the cholera or the smallpox, having its season and running its regular course? — Ir New York is to be made. ®& worse city than Paris in the hands of the Commune a riot on Wednesday would be the first step is that direction.