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4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENC December 3—First Sunday of Ad- yont---St. Francis Xavier. Beligious Frozramme for To Day—Herald Reli- gious Correspondsncc—Zeligious Notes, Personal and General Services To-Day. A discourse on “The Memory of the Just” will bo preached tis moruiag in the Canal street Presby- terfan church by tue Rev, David.taitchell, Rev. Charies B. Smyth will preach morning and evening iu the Americaa Presbyterian churcn (New | York University), | “the Svor.vs of Heaven” will be the subject of the Rev. P. L, Davics' discourse in the Berean Baptist | church, corner of Bedford and Downing streets, | tals morning. Elder Bickuell, of Westmoreland, will preach this | morping and afternoun in Beulab Baptist charcn, West Four.eenih street, Rev. Andrew j.ongacre will preach morning and evening in tne Central Methodist Episcopal church, Divine services will be held in te Church of the Reformation tity morning and alter: Bishop Foicr and Rev, Mr. Prati, of Staten Island, will o‘iciute in Chir.st_ church this morning, gnd mm the evening Kev. Dr. Osgood wui preach. Rev. Dr. Kroiel wilt preacn morntng,and evening | tm the Evangelical Lucneran Church of tne Holy | Tranity. Rev. John W. Kramer will preacn in Grace @hapel tus morning and eveniag. Rev. Mr. McViexar will oiciate in the Holy Trinity charch ils morning and evening. Mr. Marvin William Lutz, who was once called the wickedest man of Philadciphia, will preach in the Cooper Institute Uns morniag, afternoon and | evening. : Rev. C. S Harrower will preach morning and | evening in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Caurch. Rev. Mr. Sweetser will discourse on the subject of | “Amusements,” (his evening, in the Bleecker street | Universaiist churcn, Rev. H. YW. Norcirap will preach morning and evening in the West Twenty-third street Presby- | terian church. Rev. J. M. Paliman will preach im the Church of Our Savior this morn ng on “The Unkaown Way,” and in che evening on “Drinktas.” Rev. Charies F. Lee will preach mormng and even. | ing in tue Fiftn Universaiist church, Caickering | Gail. Rev. Wil!iam Ormiston will preach the second | anniversary serinon beture the Youug Men’s Benevo- lent Associauon of the South Reformed church, corner of Fuih avenue and Twenty-first surect, this evening. Rev. Dr, Carter will preach this evening in St. Peter's church, West Tweatteth street. “Tue Death of the Materia: Body a Step i the Life of Man” will be the subject of Rev. Chauncey Giles’ discourse this evening in the New Sweden- vorgian«narch, East Tnirty-fiith street, Rev. Dr. Kwer wiil preside in Christ church this morning and evening. Rev. W. Peudieton wil preach in the West Fifty- third street Bapust church this morning and even- ing. Bishop Snow will preach this afternoon at the University, Washingtou square. Mr. N. Fraak White will speak before the Society | Of Spirivualisis this morning and evening at Apollo Bal, As the Iafallibility of tue rope a New Dogma t— }, Am Lilastration in Support of the Negative View. THe EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— The opponents of the Catholic Church contend, in declaring the in aliivility of the Pope, the | {Vatican Council mae a new article of faith, and | that, therelore, the status of the Church 1s not, | mar« i to be spurion | (priests) and their dupes.” NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1871.-TRIPLE SHEET. ; from wretched manuscripts, and now admitted to ve notoriously fauity, ‘wilt aay man of common seuse matuiain that it means & Protestant translation of a Pro- vestant received text of only such buOks a8 Kre received recvived hy Protes ane, excluding otner books y the majority of Corstians, all other all other translations; 14 the introduce ch & bok a compliance with the law or a on and Violation of it Is it augne e Warren, 1n his “Le zal Studies,” cites a3 & waster- Pleve of logic, Cuillingworth’s work, *.ne Biole, the Kelton o1 Protestauis.” Now, uf tne bible (or the i roiesiant Bi le) is the relyciou of Protestants, then tuis lorciug of the rroestaat Bible Lato ine PUDL.C SChOv.s Is Lae esta lishweut of toe Prote tant Tebgton there. aud, iu fact, tue crotestant reigion Js established im our Whule educatt ual system. 11 ha nts, tie highest Cuucational Dod the state, has always a Provestaul ¢ eraymaa member, and though & Duwoer Of v, a MOUG Gol lees are suvect (v it no Catwole member has ever becu appointed to it during its eXinteuce of nearly a centurs. ‘shere never has been a Cutholio, excepl, perhaps, a8 prviessor of lanzaages, tu the Coilege ol New 1ork or tne Academy. e Vrotesta..t vie, by an interpretative of law, Which 1s @ jarcs, antraded ‘Tue rrotest- ant tora of tue Lom’ 18 iorced into the schools, Gr ach vruyer, altnuugu itis admitted to ve spurious J joug siuce suuWed it by be spurious The Greek Testameuts used im Provestant seumaries The Baptists in tuerr recent transiaviod Of the bivle Boandun It as -pur.ous and muatuily Confess buat i has wo aatbority Whalever. Sawyer, oi Bosiou, In bis recent translation aban- doos 1 @$ spurioux The re.isers now at work im Kngiand wdinit it to be spurious ad reject ib and yet, because it 13 used sull in Fretestant churcues, 1b 48 lurced into ine POOLE SCudols ANd Catuoie Chiidrea Compelied to O1n 1b Lhts pulllag of spurious words lu‘o Lhe woulh ol the Saviogr wader penalty of xpuision vr chas- tisement. Ace not the schools, as administered, part and Parcel of the Pru.esiaat churcu system f-- though Catuolics are taxed Ww support thea, is 1b not time the whole farce ended aad that tue sun of jusiice in our State arms should really rise and make tuis winter of our discoaieut a glorious summer? = 8, Vindication of Catholicism Against Izaorance. To Tas Ep:Tor or THe HEKALD:— An article appeared fa your issue of the 29th ult. under the name of ‘J, T. Blakeney,” emvracing contradictory views to some statements contained in my letier to you of the 15tn uit, Mr, Blakeney uses as a convincing provt of tus thurouga kKoow.edge of the Caiho.tc Gaurch Mis sixiy years’ stay in its told. He may possily fave been a Latnolic, numinally Speaking, for that number of years, but I euteriain grave doudts as to the credibtiity ol hts assertion, For @ man having remained so luug ta the trae Church, I am sorry to find niin so unmerouully iguoraat of 1s teachings and beneiits to socety, Mr. Blakeney, secundly, remarks that “lioeratisaa 18 advecated all over the world except by a few inieresied persons Liberalism to religious aswellas in secu'ar matters means, practicauy, no creed at all und “et every maa ve bis own creed or religioa.”” Now, can Mr. Biakcaey inform me what kind of a reigioa it 13 whica allows and teacues every man to mterpres the scripiures as his conscience may dictater 2 should consider it lo be hone at al, rou the simple ice tal every TO. ugvi MUSE hold Lo # Creed WiCD y.VeS Ib VItULLLY; ; Ald a3 & tberal Carisuada ful.uns HO lain out Oty | OWN, & Tehgied estavusned Of UAE Priaciple is us TIUICULOUS is Ub is Unnecessary, ‘The Curuu.te clergy, it 18 Lroe, are NOt advocates of this lase prac pie, tor they ate endeavoring teadily Lo Uprooe 1 rom society, Which fas yrowd muraily wad soctally | Weaker by 18 Capricious delusions. Maieratusut, | Waicn teacues an iuporaat atacument vo material | objects ratte thad to spiritua ques. nas aluy been oppoxed vy the Ca:nolic Church, and 1 am grieved to admit with sir, Blakeney tat “ut Was never bet- tec uniderstvod thai #6 Yly present aay,” Ib 4s, ha fortunatey, perverullg tue rulelects of our pedyle, and to impede 1S pregtcss ay iar 4s possid.e as the constant W.ré of the Cathuiic cierzy. He “believes udd cau dewo.strae tat ibe must Buccessiul destroyer O. Caarily bnvt the World nas ever seco is the Uaiuoiic Cadch.” itis @ pily Ubat Mr, biakeney 8 views oi churily are so enurey tue Teverse of inose whica the Lacdulic Cuuica svught fo lacuicate into bis WayWard uilud 06 sixty years, He ueems the Cnurch unchsritavie ; because saz Holds firmly to the Leneis wiveu by her intaluble Fouuder, Jesus Christ, aud will Dut devi- ate irom her sacred jmuission by tutrounang imo ler vocabulary any novel ideas, aLowing man to be hus own lor, If Christ had wisued man to work out his salvation alone be would never have inst taeda Church; aud it stauds 10 reasoa that as He sone bul Que CXCclusiVe Feligiug there should ve ul ope, Mr. Llakepey is decidedly wrong in his conviction that Cathoic scavois are paaces in Wiica Agnrauce is laught, Knowledge iguured and sectarian prejue dices nursed, 1 am Certain, trom: persoual ovserva- (Mbeologicaily, the same as it was im past ages; that | ‘there is au innovation, in fact, and, consequently, | that the “new duga,”’ as it is termed, 1s not bind- ing on the faituful, 1 do not propose here to enter | @tiengtn into the a finition of the declaration of ; Ainiallibility, a matter so much commented on ana 80 litue undersioud by non-Catholics. Suice it to Bay, that not 4 uthe of the non-Catholic world un- | Gerstand’ it at all, aud they are unwilling, it seems, | that the Church should ve allowed w explain whut | ene really does mean by declaring the dogma of | infallvility, 1 propose simpiy to controvert the | Assertion that the dogma is a “new” one, and the | Hgeatp of Tuesday, November 28, farnishes the | means wherevy lam enavied to ulustrate my po- | Bition, On the third page of your impression of the | above date | find a cura irom Hon, D. W. Voorhees, | of Indiana, setting forth tne need of “an author | tative expression of the principles which are to | ulde us (the democratic parzy) iu the iuture as in | the pasi,’’ and che nonorable Indianian goes oa to | Show that Lhis should be the Work 01 a NuUonal Con- | of Vention, composed of dciegates lv ve “appuluted by biate and district conveuuun.” Now, suppose this Nauonval Covention were ww ineet, Would not tts ob- jecls be to delve ‘‘autuoritauively’’ ior all demo- fats what are the peculiar “uogmas” (if | may call them sv for ine purpose Of a closer comparison) | ‘Bhat have ever beca, when agereguied, tie creed of ‘the vemocratic pariy—the poulucal fuitn of We de- i Mocracy since We da)s of Thuinas Jenerson til the | resent time, Aud suppose hat, Irom any Cause | hatever, i should be jouud necessary to make an | explicit declarauou with regard to the pariicuar were O! ie Laonal KXecullve, Could it be Trutne juily asseried tual tie deduilion thus agreed ould ve a new ariicie m ihe deimocauc creed? | Wouid it not ve, rather, an expressioa 0. Ube Concur. Mon and reading, that I’rotestuuls wie iar more ignorant of their religion than Catnolics are of their Feligion, aud the brigat intenects cimauatiny Irom our Cathouc mstitutions Who have Maac tueir mark m_ socicy and # e@ noted tor their kuowieage anu chariiy bave a far Weiter record tuau toose of other Teligious denummuatiuns, ‘the true Catnutte training | ts easily distinguishable and cummendabie in toe graduates vi our Catholic instituuons, and altbouga lwauy velleve them to ve insiruc.ed Iu iguorauce | anc bigoury, sil taetr actions and works in aier- Ile demouStrate the contrary. Mr. Blakeney 1s disturced im mind because the Church teaches ber chikirea “a discriminating Walchiulness agalust heretu.al books, uewspapers, lectures and persuus,” AS youth ts naturally prove to evil, the Church, to obviate this iBclinauion, ais- allows the reading of heretical books, &c., and en- Jouns on her chiidren the perusal of good, wholesome Ones, She, on one nand, understanding the weak- ness of Duinan vatuce and its propeusity to evil, Tigorously exacts tue rejection 0: heretical Looks, &c., by her culidren; and, on the otuer nand, kno w- ing that the tucure pros er.ty of the Church und the good of erepe demand the enlighteument o1 the Young iu her doctrines, inculcat’s imo their tender minds the solid prince ples of morality and orotaeriy love. Abd sne would Bot perform her mission on eurth if sue allowed the promiscuous ase of ail sorts writings w her nging genelauun, J. Eb. B, Jk. Greek Cuurch and the Church of England. To rug EprTor oP THE HERALD:— The patiic are greatly indebted to the HERALD for reproducing in Monday's issue al the pulpit oraiors worth hearing on the previous Sunday. There cannot be a couvt that the fact of giving this puvilcity througa the columns of the HERALD tends The | very materially to improve the tone and character upon | of pulpit orauons, In @ late number of the HERALD you state that in many parts of England the Estap- Feut veliel ol the deuoccacy of tue who.e Uutou— | lished Church bas reciprocated with the Greek Bu avowal, not vi any new pinion, buLor Lue po- Mucal tuiih of ue ucmucrauc “sathers,” transit | Ved Lrom generation to gener. tion, anu comag down | Yo us frou We touudation of the purty Ww tue present | day? ‘Lue aciegates {rout the “uid Dominion” —tne | Dirthpiace Of Lue democrauc syslem—would give | Meu testimony a8 Wo What «he ‘Virginta democracy ‘Dad ever veiieved conceruing this mutier, Pernays | the declaations Of Jeferson hiniscit would ve | quoted; diso tiuse Of Madison, Mourve and others | Of the era wear to the Ume of Jetersoa himseil, of | Wise 04 Of Masun, stu laer; and’so ou down to | today—all concurring in one view, ail des | Dining We powers of the Executive in the | game way. So, alsv, Would ihe delegations | droum New ork, trou Peunsyivania, irom Keutacky, from Georgia and irom ail the other | States vi the Uutou, deciare to What tanuer Uiey | had ever been taught w regard Ulis particutar clause | an the exposiu bol democratic {aila, aud we coa- | current velicl thus expressed would ve deciared, detiued, brought toto doguiauic outlive, as it were, | and wouid sind, uot as a “new article Of demo- | erase peliel, Lui ws (he original belie! of we party, re 4 such Incumbent on every proiessed Memver it Wo-duy. Now tue paraliel holds good, humanely speaking, ‘Wuh regaru to tue Councii vi tue Valicam, There ‘the asaemivied Disuops irom tie four quarters of tne lobe gave Wstiiouy as Lo Wliat nad Veen believed | drom We begiuning. ‘True, ove 1s simply a mater Of politics, Wuue (he Olver Coucerns Lhe moss vital Of questiuns—waat Is Lie faitu vace delivered to the es? Une is comparacively Uuimportaut, the einer all-unportant, vecause “without — faitn (wuat jaitu:) i 18 impossible tw please God” Iu the one case there is simply an iustration of the best attainable human juethod of arriving at the proper deduition of a Pollcal yuesuon ; in ite utver Liere 1s the Cousoling aud overs. wing revection iuat U art of God Speaks 0 wankiud—"lt Lain seemed xvod to the Hol Ghust aud to us,” and thereiore the definition Must stand jor all Catholics unquestioned and drrevocapie. Will you Kindiy allow this iustration / 0 before the couutiess readers of the HERALD ? BROOKLYN, Nov, 25, 17. J. EB, The Bible Farce ia the lublic Schools, ‘To ros Epitow or THE HenaLD:— ‘The resaing of the Bitie in the pablic schools is Practically lide beter than @ farce, AS & topic Lo excite angry contest in the country it 18 excellent, But there is one point ibat bas been overlooked in discussions, aud it is Uis—the Bible has never been | ip the public schovls at all, The law uses the term “The Bivie,” vat it uae never ocen defined. The | Bible is the collection of suspired wntings. Down to the Reformation (here Was no question as to what these were, The Latino and Onental Charcoes agreed—and they sui do—ana they comprise the majority of Cnristians, The newly-formed Pro- fesiant churches rejected the deuterocauontcal books, and tbe Engisu Patiament decided, in tae Thi wy-nine Articies, that they were not inspired; Dut they continued to be printed in Provestaut Bivies ull economica: Society to omit them, Now, the Thirty-nine Arucies certainly have noi tne force of law in this couutry, and Bible societies are not exponents of dow. Alter the Reformation the Frotestant churches adopted a8 @ standard and siyled re- ideas induced the bivie | Cnuren mm iorming a junction with the latter Church, Now, the Church of Eaglaud has only reciprocated 1m part, not ‘‘tully,’? those who have 4o recipro- cated being & very msigntiicant part of tue EKswwblisue. Church, rue, uu.werous Meevngs have | been hela with the object of bringing avout & union beiweem the two Cuurches, ‘The suuject was mily advocuted vy the religious press. Tue secur press, Wilh @ Keenuess Jor Walch It 13 not excelled, B&W ab 4 giuce the holiowness of 18 Tigi.eous conte, Ocurivs, It at once denouced the Apsardity Ol such @ UNION, amid such conthcung bedeis, aad dec.ared it an iusuit to tne inteligence oi tne ‘Greek Church, Ja Bugiand the movement had its origin paruy tn the religious seutiwent, partly in fanaticism, but mostly in te emoittered aod undying Matred of everytuing Catuolic. The Weekiy De palen, oue of the Most adle of we Lon- don journals, declared that such was the feeling of the evangelical party towarus the Caiouc Cuurch that 1 would ally itself wil evea his patanic Ma- jesty to stop the onward marca of Catholcity. it Was thougut tnat i a union could be brought soout tLe evangelicans could then boast the ‘respectability of numbers.’ And what purpuse would a junction have served? It would nave sunply created “a party within a party,’ for without a tutai avandon- meat of what jew dogmas possessed vy tne Courch 1 Engiaod and @ pew professiva of faith they could Lot be wdmitteu into tue communion of we Greek Charch, aud it is simpiy absurd to sappoee tne Greek Chureh abandoning the cherished dogmas of ages to ally iteeuf with ® Church Woose origin was but of yesterday. Nordid the movement serve the purpose for which it was intended. The tusionists knew that the Catholic Church had po overtures to make, nor coud ske admit any; thus, they thougnt uf they could secure @ sceming ucquiesceuce by the Greek divines they then might pomt in @ straight line to what they designate the ‘intolerance of the Romisn Cuarch.” But the movement did not answer the purpose for which it Was lutended. It served ouly to give new Jorce and life and energy to the inquiring spirit of the age; sensible Protvest- ants did not see the fuston possible—it was “too \nin’’—they had no faith in @ ‘Church that coud shame of Its doctrines as man can change lis com, ‘They did not believe in the right of # faliiule Cuurch (0 band them over, wih their common sense, 10 @ Church of which they knew but litte. One’ material aifierence of belief between tne Catholic and Ureek Churches 16 omitted 1 your in- teresting articia, The Greeks believe the Holy descended alone rom the ‘‘Father,"’ whereas the Vatholic Coarch in the ‘Nicene creed” renders M, EL Ma spiritasn sangtomn Dominant, et vivill antuun, qui ex Patre Filloque procedit. ni a is JOSEPH BURTON, 141 HaMppEN StxeKT, Brookiyn. A Protest Aguinss the Use @) Catholic Churches tor Drill Kh To Tae EDiTOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘he interest the HEUALD takes 1D religious mat ters and the syimpathy it has always entertained towards its Catholic readers alone induces me to ‘trade on its valuable space in exposition of a scandal perpetrated against the Catholic Church, and over which the aggrieved pansuioners feel very indignant. Having occasion to pass Twenty-first street the other evening my attention was at- tracted by boisterous shouts and sentimental music issuing from the basement of St. Jonn’s churen, ‘Vue sight | witnessed recatied painfal memories of ceived text the Heorew Oid Tesameut, euited oy ft unknown Kabbs Gerson, @id Jor he New .eatee Tueni & Greek euijun cured Up Aaetuy by Erasmus similae scenes enacted in Paris by the Communists ‘when they converted churcbes into barracks, or of ihe sacrilegious audacity of Garibalds aud his ban hed waen the Legislature uses the simpl> word | | aut. I looked again—no, I was not mistaken. Over one hundred boys were being drilled in tne churcn—the sanctuary of the Holy of Holies turned tty adriti room | In Catholic countries this swore Jegious act would be visite wita instan* aud Ub puntsbment, but -ttil the scandal would not be so greut, us the public sympathize with the Church, But ta tais drotestant ya the Chucch suters enouga of persecutions without any stimulus being given to the existing prejudictal nat ed, Upon masinug inquiries | learned that this drilling Was & commun Occ .Trence, as tL Was iound dildcult 10 enrol caucts were Dot their youtnzul fancies cap- tivated by the sentimental strains of @ brass pand. Traly, tae Caurch suvers enouga from sirangers without Paving is OWn Members, Who Ougut Lo gIve emula.ion aud example, appear so negligent a3 0 be guilty of such sine @ scandal, A MesMBER OF THE CONGREGATION. BROOKLYS, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1s71. Emmandel Churca— An Appeal to a!l Christinos. This church has been erected about a year, and 18 situated at Fifty-seventh street and Lexington aveuus, & part of the city very inadequately sup- Died with religious edifices, and if once firmy esiablished may be of vast benedi to tne popula- Uon th tts viciuity. But, veimg independent in its church f2iations. and therefure unsupoorted oy any Particular deno.uination, 16 fas to appeal in Unis early stage of is growch to Varistian irenas of evecy uame, La ts principles itis a Union courch. Mioisters vl every eVaugelical branch nave spuaca iro.u its pulpit, und snared in the Lerd’s Supper at its Commuuton taoie It usesa service in which ailcin julia Wihout Raving their denuminatioaal Views Liter.ered with. ‘Tue Rev, Dr, Kogers, the Rev. Dr. Crooks, the Key. J. Hyatt mith, tne Rev. ‘br. Robinson, tue Key. Dr. Howard Crosby, tne Rev. Dr. Veems aud others who Quve parucipaced in its WOrsbiD Can Lestliy that it 18 honestly endeavoriug: to@ivauce the cause of unity among Chrisisn Peope. A fair, which. 16 18 to ve hoped, will be & pecuniary success, will ve hed in the church puild- Ing OU the 19.n, 20bh and .136 inst, lu tae mean- tiwe contrioutions, in the shape of money or salabio goods, will ve grateiully received. Cowimanicatioas shoud be addressed ty the rector, Rev, Geurge E. ‘Thrall, vesury rvom of the cuurca. Mission of St. Jamey (R. C.) Charch. At the Roman Catholic church of St. James there 1s @ “*missiou” in progress under the auspices or the Kedemptorist Fathers, Father Gross, s.perior. Last night there were some very magniiicent cere. monies, 1a which the temale members of tne con- gregauiou dedicaied themselves to tne Biessod Vir- gin vary. ‘The high altar was specially decorated for We O-casiOn, ally Was ONE lade O1 Lights and a per- tect gar..eu Ol CuO ce Bowers lurulsheu by tue Wadies, und produced a very Luposing elect, Lhe seriou Was Preacued oy on? of ihe 1athers, wad Way lts.eued tu Wabu ihe deepest ascentiou, ‘Tue services at Lue church to-day will Coasist O: Digh mass and serivuL Qt bas past ten A. My Spectal Wusiructiou jor girls aciuiee Y. aL, wud tue Usual eventug service at Lali Fast seven in tue eveatug. ‘Tae Work dae by these good jatucts of the nedemptlon amoug te vovrer people 0. tue Catholics n@s VOrue govd sFull, aud 16 1s W be hoped that tuey Will give ty les¥ iavered Clu8ses U. Their CO. eligionisis 10 uh.s oily the enous 01 & good Weal O1 tact iatuerly mituisiration, The Ohserver contains the folluwing statement, Whica, if true, ce: tuimy demands investigaion:— ‘Vhe young wen of Wasniugton tleigués, in this city, have ,urmed & Christian vulou to relieve tue Spitiual wud temporal necess.t.e3 of the upper purt 0. Loe slau Yun Sunday last, woe two Ol Wese yours meu were visiung aud disirouuing tracts bear tign Bridge, they were, Wituout we siigatest Provocauva, attacked, kuccKed Gown anu otnerwise Malreaed vy suine Ro.waa Catnolte Irivwuen, Wir denouuced tuvut us interieriag Witu the priest's wors, hou, seriously injured the young ma es- caped with tucr Lives, and miormed the puuce, Wao weie, however, uuaole to dissuver the rutliaus. Broadway Tabersaclr—Outgoing and Income ing. ‘The Evangelist states that the late pastor of the Tao- ernacie church, Dr. J. P. Thompson, sailed ior Europe 1n the steamer Weser on Saturday, November 25. Ac- cording to the inumations given out some days ago, the Tabernacie churen and Society nave extendea a call to Rev. William Taylor, of Liverpool, kngland, ‘whose Official visit to our last Assembly and sase- quent preaching in Dr. Storrs’ and several Presby- terian pulpi:s ure iavoraviy remembereu. A sulary 01 2¥,000 a year 13 propesed, her with the ex- penses of the A as luther, vr. Thumpsuu whl dvupliess persoval.y urge Mr, Tayior tu give & (avor- abie answer. nls emphatic cailing of Mr. layior would seem to Indicace tuat the labe.nace peopie are quite ready for the ‘new departure” in oo (pee of Prespyteriauism tdwuguraied at erin. Religious Notes—Personal and General. The new fresbyterian church in Goshen, N. Y., Was dedicated on the 22d uit, Rev. Henry 8S. Huntington was in: on. the Zist ult, pastor of the Calvary church, Auburn, N.Y. Rev, J. H. Lockwiod was iustalled pastor of the Aer Church of Canastota, N. Y., on the 15in u Rev. David Conway, of Andover, ceived and accepted tue call of tne cauica at Asoury, N. J. Joseph G. Cogsweil, LL, D., formerly Librarian of the Actor Library, died in Massachusetts on Suuday Jast, at the age of eighty-nve years. The Rev. Mr. Hawley, tather of ex-Governor Haw- ley, of Connecticut, will supply the Congregat.qnal church in Norwich, Masa., the coming yeur. The Hartlord Churchman rejoices that “among the oappy results of the last Genera: Conventiou tne adoption ol a new hymnal gives especial salwsiaction, ‘lhe Rev. David Conway of Andover, N. J., has re- ceived @ call tu the Ashbury Presbyterian Church. Ge hee accepted the cali and his address 1s Ashbury, Rev. William M. Claybaugh has been calied to the Buck Creck Presbyterian charco, 1a the Preabytery of belleiontaine, with a salary of $1,200 and a par- sonage. Rev, Green Clay Smith, formerly a State governor and g.neral in the army, 13 earpestly carrying on & roiracved meeting in the Baptist community of Danviile, Ky. The Central Presbyterian church of Summit, N. J., on last Saobath, welcomea home their pastor, Rev. J. ve Hart Broen, wuo has just returned from a brie: sojouru ia Lurope, Kev. D. P. Linaley, of Meriden, Ct., who formerly held another faith, has beea approved as a Congre- tional preacher by the Sudolk South Association, and has gone to Audover Thevlogical Semunary. Chelsea, near Buston, is highty favored in securin; the services of we Kev. Ur. Eddy, formerly o! Brooklyn, a8 pastor of the Central Cuurch, His new aud elegaut caurch is thronged every Sabbatu, The Bishop of the Russo-Greek church on tne Pacific coast, it 18 said, has ordered the prayér for the President of tne United states, contained in tne liturgy of the Episcopal Church, to be used by te Greek priests in Uus country. FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUZ, Jacob’s Humility and Prayer=Sermos by Rev. Mr. Isaacs. ‘The Scripture lesson read in this synagogue yes- terday embraced the story of Jacob's fight from Padan-Aram, from the house of his uacle, where he haa lived for twenty years and had accumulated great property and riches, He had alsoa namer- ous progeny, and Laban, his motner’s brother, had become jealous of his prosperity. So, alter consul- tation with his wives and children, Jacob deter- mined to return to his own land and make nimself a home there. But on his return journey, because ne feared the wrath of his brother Esau, who had neautime become @ great and powerful prince, he divided bis family and his servants and his flocks into two bands, and sent forward an advance goard, who were instructed to propitiate Esau with @ present, should they moet him. In case Esau and his 400 warriors should smite the first somp the gg might pe DI ning Dest of his ‘abulity, and vad Sent is household over the Jordan, he him- self remained on the eastern suore and spent the fleeing moments in prayer and supplication to Got in the words of the text (Gen, xxxil., 10, 11), “Iam not Worthy of the least of ali the mercies and ot all the trath which Thou hast shown unto thy Lehigerne jor with my stam I passed over this Jordan, now 1 AM BROOME TWO BANDS. Deliver me, 1 pray thee, from the hand of my brother—from the hand of Esau—tor I tear him lest he will come and smite me and the mother witn the children.” Jacob was singularly favored of God, ihough there were many tings 1D his Jot to cause him to be dissatisfied, as tuere are 1n ine lot of all of us. Suil the bdiessings of the Supreme Bemg were so marked that even Lavan, though not a woramp| of the true God, was compelled to acknowledge that he had learned by experience that the Lora had blessed him for Jacob’s sake, He was, there- fore, anxious that Jacob should tarry songer with him, and when he went away Laban pursued him and asked him why he had stolen away unawares, when, had he known it, Laban might have sent him ¥ with songs and rejoicings, ‘There are many like Laban, who support the synagogues and pay the minister, and expect nim to be reugious because he Is paid for it, Independent altogether of his own convicvons. Ancienuy the rabbles were kept in the houses to pray for people who had not time to pray for tiem- selves, and, like Laban, they would have sent away the religions man becanse lie was Hot exactly the kind to suit them. When Laban followed Jacoo God met Laban and warned bim not to speak to Jaco. FROM GOOD TO BAD, ‘There are three things im Jacob's history which we do Well to examine and attend to, First, nls rayer Lo God for eniargement ana deliverance from ne hand of his brotwwer Ksau; second, his con- ciatory disposition toward Laban and toward his brother; and, third, his preparation for bate. He Je1 back On first principies. ‘There are hundreds of Israeites,” sald Ali, Isaacs, “who have some W te | Untted States pertnitess, who are now wealthy, thougn divided and scatieved.”’ A lew worus of advice were given to a young man who bad been admitted to the reading of tae law, | ana he was ipaaparsaes to imitate Jacob in building an altar to the Lord, and to adhere tenaciously to the faith and teacluags of Judaism. A NEW CHURCH FOR HOBOKEN, Supplying the Religious Wants of the Gere mans. The rapid growth of the city of Hoboken within the past few years has given rise to a decided move on the part of tne Germans toward the erection of a Catholic church, wherein they would be enabied to hear the tenets of vherr ancient faitn expounded in the mother tongue, Hitherto they have worsnipped in St, Mary's, on Willow street, but that ealiice is becoming too small for the Catholic population, and in it there 1 no German priest—a dignitary 80 much needed by the children of the German Fatherland. These consttute an intel- ligens and prosperous section of the people of Hobo- ken, and 1t does not seem that their career in their adopted country has made them forget the devoted. ness and self-sacriticing tenacity with which their Jathers clunz to the creed of Bo.iface amid the convulsing vicissitudes of the stxteenth and suo | ceeding centuries, They have been slow to move in | Hoboken, but once they have began it is probable that they will push on with that determinauon which bas characterized ail German movements in Javier Uunes, Bisaop Bay.ey, al tae earnest request oa DEPUTATION OF GERMANS recently sent im their midst the Kev, William Kempen, @ gentieman of ine culture aad high at talowents, Wio Was educated in Coiogne, aud came to this Coantry 48 & missionary not long since, On his arcival in Hoboken the - buiiding in urand street, known as “sir. Kerrigan’s nall,’’ Was Kindly give by Mr. Kerrigan a3 a piace in Whica divine service could ve heid pendiag the arrangements tor tue erection of @ church, ‘The ali, situate near Newark street, 18 capaole of containing abou: taree hunured per ous, aod uxs beea twronged Jor Lhe past lew suodays eight aud teu v’ciock, these being the nours at whica MASS 13 CELESRATED there every Sunuay. Vespers aiso take place each Sabbath evening. The ular aud pulpit, iormeriy used in New york, are handsowely decorated, Tuo Dali 18 newly Gved up and a voiuuary cuoir, mw accompaniment with & harmonium, is preseat at High mass and vespers, ‘ue pastor resides 1 an uppreveading dwelling, No. 1) Ciluiun street, whe.e he. 13 coustupily engaged im attending tv the iucreasing wants oO: uls parish.oners, Lie has appomted « commitiee of tive respeci- apie gentlemen to negotiaw tor tue buildin, ul & churcu and to take charge of the parish tances, it 18 probavie thac Mrs, Steveus or alr. Shippen will contribuie a piece of land Whereon tne edifice may ve raised. Applications Tor sucd grat are alreauy being kindly couswered by these persuns, ‘Toe pamisniouers tuemse.ves | have contnouted $1,100 up Ww tue present ty ueway the expenses Of the bulluing. In fact, the Gerumaus are quile entuusiastic avuut toe new churcn, wad evince GREAT ANXIETY to see the erection take place. Work will probably commence in tue spring, meanwhue tue ha in Graud siieci 1s open not ony to the Germans, but to ail Catholics, Wishous Uistinctiod, Serious ave deuveres v0.0 In German aud Kuglish, confession Deaid and Lhe baptismai and macriage cerewonies Derformed uy vie zeaious pastor. is adveat to Hivboken is Maued win deagne by tne eutiros Va:hote population, masmuch as he suppies w Waut WOlci day beea Itc tor a long ume. THE GAS QUE3LION. A Consumer Who Has Stronz Views on the Supply of Gav and Who Has an Ido About Gas@itiag. New Yor«, Dec. 2, 1871. ‘To THE EDITOR OF THE HEEALD:— With a view to prevent the pussibility of any mis- carriage of any legisiative enactment, and in order properly to direct the attention of ali gas consumers especially, as weli as the general public, to the “weaknesses” of the gas companies, to all their weak pvints, it is only necessary to have chem thor- oughiy veatuated bythe Heraup, The rest of the Press throughout the length and breadth of tie couatry will echo and re-echo the facts until all everywhere within reacu of the power of the press suall comprehend the subject in o mauner that few, very few, at present have ah idea of. Asa proof of the power of the HERALD and of the sensitiveness of the gas com- panies at the present time, I desire to inform you, and through you the public, that vefore your Sun- @ay's edition could have been issued twenty-tour hours the Manhattan Gas Company's men were on hand with pum: and apparatus (o remove tne ob- struction to that $53 per year gaslight compiainea of as burning only about the hall of a cent’s worth of gas per bight in the street lamp vupposite my house, and it Dow burns as well as the one opposite tne church. Of course, the fact of the great defi- ciency of the light from the one burner as compared with the light from the other and the company’s promptness in removing the ob- stractiva involved certain principles that must be kept in view by gus consumers, One of these princ.ples is that they, the consumers, are not quite 80 much the slaves of these chartered or oinerwise privileged companies as even the companies them- selves would have us believe. Another principle, or important fact implied, is that, as the two street lamps were at the same instant of time vurning side by side with eacu otner, supplied by the same com- pany, irom the same Coai, aud in every way the same gas, it proves taat the bad gaslght was not owing to tue vad but to vhe deficiency and in- equality of the supply; for it 18 evident if the gas were so bad as to cause the deficieacy it would apply to both anu to all fhe gaslignts. ‘The Mannattan Gas lignt Company 18 not @ chartered company, but simpy a manuiacturing company; never: theless, tue officers respond to @ lew words of truin when uttered by tue HERALD. So also with the chartered company, the Metropolitan, At No, 16) Madison avenue the residents had been for a long Ume subjected to an annoyance intoier- abie, cat vy @ deficiency Of gasugnt, Whea the Jyght Was vat iittie Wanted, as during the daytime, there was pieaty of light, but at aovut our o'clock im tae afiernoon anu afterwards go deficient was the supply Ol light that the servants had to return to our “primitive irieuds, the dips,” or to oar newer and more treacherous and questionable acquaint- ances, the fluta lamps, “with all tne modern in- provements” tor explosions, destcuctive of man and beast. Your correspondent was invited to ascerta n the cause of the troubic. He lound that a wet meter filied with water, 1n arather warm place, had caused ®@ Couvtinual moisture to peneiraie throughout every gas pipe in the banding. tous giadually choking up ihe passages for the gus wud preveatiag the possi- buity ef that reguiariiy of supply su essential for the preservation of @ good and sausfactory light. The Metropolitan pane Company's President, Mr. “oluicoiter, was notified, and wituin a few hours the pipes were cleared by the application of @ pump jorcing out te rust thar had accumumated in this new house witiin 80 short a space of ume that whe nuisance, being an un- necessary one, should have peen altogether prevented, as by the adoptioa of a dry meter, or by placing the wet meter m_ @ cooler iocality—a very easy ting to have done in thls mstance—and filing it, not with water, Which evaporates quickly, but Witn glycerine, that is equally safe and does not evaporate a3 alconol or common spirit docs io acaiuon to the obstruction to the gas at this resi- dence @ still more serious, Aud even a very danger- ous, sample of the loose, heediess habits and tne recklessness of the gas companies in regard co the fittings, .the meters, and, in fact, w everyting that pertains to gas, affecting the fire in- surance, consequently the very of all gas Consumers and their families. Your correspondent 18 no dlarwisi; he does not call attention to the facts and the principies ne ilustrates ior any other oiject than to prevent the continuance of these dangerous and destructive Practices Of those Irrespunsivle officials from tne gas companies, whether cnarvered or uncvartered, Bnd also trom the gashtting fraternity generaily, taking advantage of the ignorance of the puviic as Fegards every tug connected with gas anu the best mode of using it, At this residence, in the cellar, @ small piece of cork had been used to stop up the fervice pipe, and so poorly or slyatly was the gas thus stopped that i leaked with @ stream of gas Uiat burned with @ flame many inches im length. The servauy who discovered the leak aad sense enough to put ont the fame by smotheringit. Most female servants would have been unable Lo put our the Name, and, as it was beneath the meter, serious consequences mnst have been te consequence. Mr. Zvillicoffer, ip*repiy to the complaint, coolly said, or his representative from the Metropoiitan Com- pany dic for him, “That is none of our business; it was the fauit of the gasiitter who fMited the premises.’’ Now, mr, the gasftters shouid be, or their work at least should be, examimet nd reported upon by & competent authority, not jn the pay of tne gas Companies, The present systein Of proving, as reqoil ven by the pest rewalated companies, 18 & mere sham—a@ farce, But is this avandoament of the whole principle and pracuce Of protection by proving the fitters’ work to ve good and sonod one among the many modern im- provementsr Most unquestionably no—a thousand mes no! For, by @ jadicious system of proving and holding [ast to that which is good, many lives and millions of dollars’ worth of property would have been and remain yet to bo saved by the adoption of sucn additional methods of proving as are suggested 4 experience and sanctioned by common sense, ‘ghe gas companies hitherto have mereiy required that the piping of @ building shoaid stand a certain amount of pressure without leakage. But all modern science and all the costly experience of gas consumers show that when every burner in a dwelling or buuding 18 in operation or buruing the pressure of gas on each jet should be equal to geven-tenths preasure a & practical guarantee that ‘he buliding shalt be well lighted at ail times, up to any orainar, Olt BN, lives iy Necessity. DE PROPAGANDA FIDE. A New Crusade Undertaken by the Catholic Church. Five Millions of Negroes To Be Converted. A GIGANTIC © UNDERTAKING. Interesting Particulars of the New Movement. LETTER OF DR. VAUGHAN Since the secession of Dr. Manning from the Church of England to that of Rome the Holy See has had no more zealous ana fattuful son. A man of profound learning and giitea witb a rare elo- quence, he has done more in ten years to revive the influence of the Roman Catholic Caurch ip England than was accomplished by all other workers in the same field for the preceding Ofty years of the cen- tury. His social influence enables nim to wield an immense power, as he is connectel with some of tue leading familiesin England, He is @ near rela- tive*of Mr. Gladstone, whose sister he married prior to his conversion, and, notwithstand- ing the difference in their religious faith (which 1s probavly, if report speaks true, not very great) they have always been very intimate and friendly towards each other, ‘rhe various services that have been rendered by tie Archbishop in behalf of his Cuurch lave beea very successful, and so thoroughly is he appreciated in Rome that A CARDINAL'S IAT looms in the near perspsctive, and some are san- guine enough to predict that his chances are strong to be the next Pontif. Not satisied with what ne has done in his own couniry his eaterprise has been felt in other lauds, having becu a prominent mem- ber of the St. Juseph Society for Foreign missions since its formation. The esteem in which he 1s held by the Pope has been shown within the past fuw days, a4 he has been placed at the head of A NEW CRUSADB, the object and designs of wuich have caused great excitement in religious circles, both in this country and ia Eagland, This scheme is nothing icss than the attempted conversion of the five millions of ne- Toes in the United States to the authority and teaching of the Holy See. The coaversion of the ne- goes nas long been a favorite idea of TE JESUIT FATAEXS, bat a variety of circumstances nas heretofore pre- vented any definiie mission from veing under- takeu, though many atiempts had been made by the Church to gatn a footing among the slaves previous $Otheir emancipation. It has now become the lot of Dr, Manning and ihe English Catholics to under- take the moveuicut, ang from present appearances it Lovks as THRY MEANT BUSINESS, The London papers of recent date contain fall Particulars of the crusade and tne reltgious cere- monies held previous to the departure of tne priests, wuich were of more than ordinary iterest and beauty. ‘Tue toliowimg account is froma Loudva paper:— Yesterduy afternoo iat ate Ay, hey says the London Morning Post of the ission Gatiege of St. Joseph, at Miil ly near tendon, Miudiesex, was the scene of a highiy curious and interes:ing ecciesiastical ceremony such as has Was the departarb of four pricstseths. Wey; C, Dowelag ie ar four privsts—iho . Dowty eo Kev, J. Gore, the Rev. J. Noonan ana the Rev. C. zy who sail to-day for Marviand, m or ier to cevote to convert and promote the spiritual welfare of the negro populatiun of the United Staves. They are the tirst mssion- aries woo have jeft tue college, wnich was only estabhah.d a few years ago. aud they will be accompanied to America by the Very Kev. Dr, Vaughan, the fouauer and president of the institution, ‘Toe ceretiouy tous place in the evilege Chapel, wich was incouvemently crowded. Archutsho p suning was the presiding prelate, and a‘ter the well know a fyma Gout ureaior Bpiniea” had been sung, the Archbis! de.ivered an aadress, in the course of which remark that as long as Hoyland wae Cataolt nod sent out no missions, whereas alier the faith abe acquired a vast colonial dominion. ent Was the lirst Catholic foreign mission ever des; from the shores of England, and it Appropriately the first, because it was missioa to millions of negroes in the biaves, who a short Lime ago were from the yoke of Gavery which England impoted oa their fore.acbers. England had been the most guiity of all ni in regara to ai ani tuerefore it was iiting that tne reparation to Fs the negro should procesd from kngand. The missonaries afterwards, kneeing in front of the altar, severally took « er work than the conversion of negroes and the sal of their souls. The Archbishop, then kneeling, first embrace! the feet of each one of t missionaries, pronouncing these words, “Quam apecivsi peues feiuigel. inition pacing. ‘Dencdictan Dew Irak tisttaril ‘Then, rising, oseutuan pal peace. Aflerwards ull the cleruy present, next students of the colleze, and finally the maie portion of the nity, went tbroazh this ceremony, which was very solemn and im; The were closed by bedediction of the bi WHAT FATHER QUINN SAY8. As there is @ diversity of opinion relative to the manner in which tne work 18 to be prosecuted & HERALD reporter was despatched yesterday to call upon some of the more prominent members of the Cathoilc Courch and ascertain what they knew avout the matter, ‘The following conversation was a ewan Father Quinn, of the Barclay street chu — *‘t have called to see if you could you give me any particulars, Favher, of the rumored mission tu the sy “Well, [shall be happy to afford you all the tnfor- mation in my power, oul I can tell nothing dennite about the uadertaking, as the missiousries have not yet arrived; orif they have they have gone on to Baltimore without reporting vo the clergy of the city. @ course they provabiy aaopted io save ex- “How has the movement originated 7” “Oh, itis Dot by any meaus a new idea. Foar years ago, at the meeting of the bishops in Balti- more, it was strongly recommended what some ac- tion shoula be taken to relieve the spiritual desu- tution of the freedinen, but the bishops were too poor to undertake the work, aod the scheme .eil to the ground.”? ‘How has it been revived "” believe an arrangement was entered into be- tween Archbishop Spauidiog and Archvishop Mau ming at the Ecumenical Councti, the former unser- taking to provide a house and grounds tor the mis- sionaries. and tne lawer to furnish the priests and the money,” *‘Js the movement to be controlled by the Church in this coaatry 1” “Not exactly; the Catholic clergy, of course, sym- athize with tne effort, but in a certain sense, at least a8 fur as icau ascertaia, the missionaries in their sphere of laoor wili be independent, wiih the exception Of the obedience as priesis tuey owe to ‘taeir spiritual superiors.” jas it originated with the Pope or Archbishop Manning?” “1ttunk with the Archbishop; but it was neces- sary beiure any steps should be taken to first obtain the Sanction of the Holy Fatner, wolch he willingly granted.” Suppose the English Catholics find the funds?’ yea, is 13 an Englisn movement, The Church has enough to do tm ths country without undertak- i ie A WORK OF SUCH MAGNITUDE, and as the English Catholics are pious and wealthy we are willing lo let them bear the expense. What- ever aid we can otherwise reader, of course, will be witogly given.” “What 1s to be the plan of action?’ “That { cannot say, as | have got no information upon the coarse to be adopted; but I beheve a re- Ngious order will be estabiished, with Baltimore as Ns headquarters and branches in the Souta- ern States, and, im addition, a sister. hood will be formed to co-operate with the priests im various ways, Such is the impression I gather from a perusal of an article tu une London Tatlet, the editor of which, Dr. Vaughan, takes @ prominent partin the work. It is under his supervision the missionaries here came oul and he will accompany them to their desuna- 10 RE tad this is all the information you can giver “It 18 all that can be given by any one at present, unc something can ve heard irom the mission- aries themselves." ‘Thanking the Reverend Father for the courteous manner im which he gave his views, the reporter witharew. From none of toe other clergymen could anything more be learned, and the public muss awalt PURTHER DEVELOPMENTS, What the resuit of the crusade will be it is impos- sible to predict; out it must be remembered that the Catholic Cuurca has been very successful tn similar missions to the negroes, though not in this country, one of the Jesuit Fathers, named Caizer, having Javored in Airica ior a long time, gaming lary numbers of converts. The negro of Airtea and the negro of the United States, however, are widely dill- ferent in their feclings’and habits, the rude barbar- isin of Lhe mother country having Leen exchanged for & more civilized life, There have been many attempts made by the various Churches to gain over the race tosome particular creed; but the only de- nomination that have gained converts in cousider- able numbers are the Bapust and the Methodist, who have been successtul tor obvious reasons. ‘The negro is INTENSELY BXCITABLE, and the rather boisterous and emotional worship ae the two charches has been more paited NC un “4 tastes than the cold formaism of the Rpisceplt rch aud the Roman vatnoit:. Any one Wino 4 been to @ colored church will easly understaa this, The scenes that occtir in these placss | mip ol religious revivais bems perfec Ly terei..c, he screams wud shouts of tue “siricken” making Perfeo: dediaim io those who are uuaccuste.ued to bore exhibiiious, ‘Tue ritual and services ol the Bpizoopar Church, beautiiu as they ure, lave ed rely faded to make auy considvravie luapred ion pom tne coio, Popuiado), wad wut eitect tae be 4» Soreeous ‘ceremomes of the Cuurel ol me wil exercise im the face of re peniet jailares of the same nature reinaing as Seen. ‘The missionaries unnounce thelr le rinination to 08 daunie t oy no ov siacies In bad piosecutlun of their enierprise, aud if the manner ta which they have comueacea ineir lavors be a wugury of iuture endeavors ney certainly mean whut $ne; The Enwltsh Catho'ics deeply 8. m- pathize with the Wor. aud as ther purses are long there 13 not much tear that it will suifer lor lack ol funds, Asilice irom ihe Property of tue iast Guo vert, THE MARQUIS OF BUTI would endow a good sized nitssion, dnd Done are so zealous as these converts, $0 1b 1S likely 4 will be forthcoming. The rivsts WhO have come form only the auvance, gi of the storming squadroi torty more will speevity foliuw whew ts ground has ben oroken, The undertaking “is 9 gigantic one, aud, if successial, is bearing upon the juture history of the wit be great, eltner for evil of goo We shali probably hear 0. a counter movements vy the rrotestant churcues to retain weir imfuence wats the colored popuadon, ite Methodists and Baptists wilt make iucreased edurts und express euiire conidence in the result, aod probably tuey Will maintain ‘heir hold upon the preseat memvers, There 18 a large number of imdferent neg.ees, however, who be'oug to no church, and It is lor tueir conversion that the must sirenuous eiforts will be made, ‘They wili, doubtless, be susprised to fod such a sudden interest taken in ther wefare, aod itis Lo be hoped they will appreciate what is vett done tor then. The /ollowing explanatory ietter o1 br. Vaughan istaken from tue Lundon Sabet, the organ of the Cataoiic Church in Engiaad:— To 28k MeMDrRs OF St, Jossrn's SoctkTY row FORVIGN MIssioNe:— Is ts right that, as a member of this society, you should be apprised of so tuteresting an event as tae selection of the Lrat mfasioa to de conti.ieu to our care and tue departure of Our first missicnaries.. 1 have, there.ore. tbe applaess to ite form you that we have reve.vei» mission to the Lezross of Nor America, er Wita @ special Dessing for tts suo cess, from t.¢ Sovereign Ponwil, and that this bas been communicated to us thrvuzh the sacred congregation DE PROPAGANDA FIDE, It is well known that for mauy years the Holy See hi been anxivus to provise for the coiore! pop.iation America, among whow blessed Peter Claver wrought su Won era, and was try the urst apostie, fhe zeai ot the American sisLops to co-uperate as (ul y as they would with the designs of the Holy Sve bas Leen restrained only by be Paucly Of priesis, the prior claim, of the wule populatio. and dilicuitles of Varios sorts, bs si ‘The sumver of nexroes in North America, according to the last census, ia nearly 5,C0,0% Nothing can be imagined more deplorable than their reidgious aod moral con. Spea:toy of the great mass of tuem— hou.n a nuceus of Rood Catholics 13 U9 Le fount amoog them, abd some thou- ieee nomlual Catholics, though withvui fustracton—it ts iterally a MISSION TO THE UNDAPTIZED andtothe beathen that we sre uniertaxing, Bat ttisa mutssion .uil of hupe, Jor they are pos essed of good quaiiues and will respond to the alectioa of tuose who, tuey will learn, bave oound toemse.ves even by vow to thelr serviee and interest, ‘The following extract from a tonching|etter fr-m the venen able Archbishop of taltimoze. in reply to one annuuuctog te him the mission we have received, wil Le read with Un mixed sympathy and interest “your ieter Ol tne 25.4 has diled my heart with joy. Ire ceived tt when twas quite fil, bu: tt con: baved ‘greatiy ta my conva.es-ence, aad 1 am uw nearly wel. a, ain. Please ty examine tie ground add to make all neces ‘As sultlmore ts the many who are uot yet bave a tield of action al wees Propose to give you, with an ample Lvuss, old and somewhat out of repair, cormeny uel ws ag academy, whi sume repairs, might wel; sult (or # lumote bé,{nni in suca words Goi Dieses humble Leginniogs, “Au WILL GIVE YOU MOST CURES UULY. The place {r Leantitu!, though the urst year your men bere may bave w Unergo @ prubation of chills und sever, waied may be, however, averted by auitaole precautions. Another ietter speaca “ol many thousands of negroes, who are sadiy tu need of, and at the same ume very ausious for, Teligious struc.toa,” ‘Another bishop writes:—“Great numbers of negroes In Various parts of Maryland are ia various stages of proxiuilty to the Church—some ure al.eacy fe:vent Catholics; some Well disposed, though not couverte |, aud imuense num-ers whose ‘uture will depend on the exertions that will .e made in thelr favor, This state of things is more or les of a tran sition character, as tuey have vven biweriv m a state of very, and consequently the more urgeat the need Lor ime mediate action.” cry 7 and The cundition of the Siate of Maryland must present a pe- cular iutereat to Eog ash Cacuolies. Th was an Eogish Cath- timore, Who. tying from persecatic Ruyal C , permitcing kn, F ESag TON TD tage QUE OVE ‘Cous-juentiy, oa Siiav, bre ht} 13 bun red buite Tamilics reached the shores of Marylund in two ttle vessels, the Ark aud the Dove. Priests fro.» Loadou undertuok the mission, and converted tts wild Indian tribes. It {a then a curious cirewnstance that priests j from London again, after the lapse of two centuries, should be eiag at Wo Maryland to continue the work, and convert this Ue, not the Ladian, but the wegro, who has takes bis Place 1a point of ae: MBTRS AND SPIRITUAL MISERY. Last'y, whie we ure sent to evangelize the negroesjn ‘America we cannot forget the Conuiacnt from wich they fave beem brought, or tive: Our eves tu wilat oiay be. in the designs of Provisence 16F its © jon.” May uot a vortion ‘Qover'sasigummated nad veil ‘alsrays remap aisitvet afte fever amalga mod. will “alwaya’ rei t Eiving tmolves civilisation aed Usrialemett Of teatiod to RETURN AND CONVERT THEIR OWN COUNTRY ? ‘The conversion of Africa by Airicaps 1% perhaps a more hopeful scheme than ils conversion Ly Kurop-ans, Our chief cure wili Le, Lumtly und ace posal, to form Louses for th nexeo youth, aa, wecl ua to tabor Lor those whose youth is passed. Be upon this work, and connection with St, Joseph's Society for Foreizn Mismons, I may nere mention for tne benetit of indies wao may feel cal ed to devove them. selves to the Apostolic life, that a community of Sisters of rd Order of St. Kraucia is estaviished at Mi! dill, ‘There sisters take the simple vows, and are to charge of & large indust Jal school, which forms Paraiton for the forel :n missions. 7 Of onrsoctety, and will take part in tue foreign missions Assigned to it by the Holy Soe * T have now only to add that in the beginning of November 1 shal sail jor America with our frat four priests, whose Joy to bind \hemselves by vow to become the servants and fathers of the negro is only equalled by their appreciation of the privilege of consecrating themsei' TRREVOOABLY TO 1HE APOSTOLIC LIF. We shall receive gratefully auy gifts ot sacred vestments, coves, altar linen. fc. which it ts desiravie to take out. ag of on such occasions, but am yee pen Bgl van war, Lae ple Ad t nee 0 assist us, al least tais year.’ Your devoted servant in Jesus Corist. = HERBEKT VAUGHAN. 8. JOsEPH’s MIssIONARY COLLEGE, MILL HILL, Lon- DON, N. W., Oct. 10, 127L ‘An American genleman, Mr, Dantel J. Murphy, Kt., of the Order of 5. Gregory, bas generously offerea L1,U4, to be paid on Christmas Day, toward 8. Josepu's Momortal ebureb, provided £4,000 more be raised Ly that time, for the pet church, or (or burses for the education of mission- ary priests. NOT A MURDERESS. Mrs, Catharine Da’ey, tate of 868 West Fifty-third street, Who was arresied several days ago on sus- picion of taking the life of her husvand, Jonn Daley, by siriking him on the nead with a batchet, waa yesterday brought before Coroner Herrman, at the City Hall, by Detective Davis, of the Twenty-secona Precinct, She testified that deceased had been aa intemperate man for years, and that on the 1cth ult, while under the influence of liquor, he drew a kuife on her, but she escaped. She hada hatchet in her hand, wiih which she was cutuog wood. Coming at her a second time with the knife, be cut her on tue left hand, when she raise? the hatchet in self-defense and struck him on the head, Mrs. Daley tuen escaped through the door, but subsequently returniug he tuid ier to ciear out and not come back, accordingly she jeit, but went home again the folloviug Wednesday when he was out. Going away again Mrs. Daley remained apsene till Friday, and on 4o- ing home once more found her husband drank aud did not remain. The ‘Tuesday s/olilowmg, on going home once more she reimuined all night, Dee ceased was in bed, and, although not com- plainiog, he wanted her to get him some whiskey, which aid, aod also obtained some oysters for bim nd at six o'clock toe next mor. ro enkchtaren flan surprise, sue found that he was e: As previously stated in the Heranp, Depnty Coro- ner Joha Beach, in muking a post-mortem examuua- tion on the vody, found that fatiy aegencration of the liver and kidneys, the resuit of excessive tn- temperance, was the cause Of death, and such was the verdict of ihe jury. The blow which Daley had Teceived did not seriously bari him. Mr. Daley has a terrible scar on her forehead caused by waving been struck with @ pitcher tn the hand of her busband, and she claims to have marks O1 his brutality ali over her body. There being no cause forthe iurtner detention of Mrs. Daley, she was discharged by Coroner Herr- man. She ts nearly “ag | years of age and was bora near Utica, this State. ed was & Dulive of Ireland and nifty years of aye. A WORK FOR THE POOR. The Fair in the Parish of st. Francis Xavier's Charch. ‘The festival in aid of the poor of St. Francis Xavier's parish, which is now being held in the Hall of the College on Sixteenth street, wih undoubtedly ve as successiul as the festivals of previous years, provided the par ishioners are wealous «now as they shown themselves wo ve in oy eee enarity. It suould be understood, however, by we ushioners that they anu tuey atone can make the” preseut festuval a pecuniary guccess; lor “sirangers’’ Who drop into church fairs nowaduvs purposely 10 give of their “pin money” to sweil ita receipts are very lew and far between. ‘The festival is to he nude As aliractive as possivie, and the iadies of the parish are doing their utmoat w tans ond. THE KNIFE IN WILLIAM3BURG. Michael Betring was arrested yesterday and sent before the Grand Jury to answer for a felonious assault, he having cut one of his wife’s legs with a case knife wille they were quarrelling over the possession of a jar ol (1cKkies, Albert Kersei, proprievor of a lager beer saloon at the corner of bartie & street aud Broadway, Was commiued by Justine Vournies yosverday to an- swor for cutting ana viaxuug Jacon Snyder, 006 of his Cusbomeres Ae ,