The New York Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1871, Page 5

NEW YUKK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 187].—T'RIPLE SHERT. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. December 10—Second Sunday After Advent. ‘Religious Announcements for To-Day—Herald Religious Correspondence—Religious Notes, Personal and General. Religious Services To-Day. ‘The Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity parish, Will deliver @ sermon, at half-past seven o'clock this evening, im the Free church of St. Mary the ‘Virgin, West Forty-fitn street, on the “Communion @f Saints’’—a subject in which all Christians, Pro- testant and Catholic, are alike interested. Mr. Giles will lecture on “Swedenborg’s Writings: ‘What They Are, Their Use and How to Read Them,!? im whe new church, Thirty-fiftn street, between Park and Lexington avenues, at half-past seven o'clock this evening. Services avd sermon also at eleven o'clock A. M. The Rev, W. H. Penaleton will preach in the West Fifty-third street Baptist church this morning at half-past ten, and evening at half-past seven o'clock, The Rey. E. C. sweetser will preach on the Sun- day Question this evening, in the Bleecker street Universalist church, at half-past seven o'clock. Morning service at @ quarter to eleven o'clock, Bubject—“Thy Kingdom Come.” ‘The Rev. Dr. Flagg, of the Church of the Resur- rection, will preach in the hall, corner of Fifty-fifth street and Third avenue, this morning, at half-past ten, The Rev. Cnarles F. Lee, Fifth Universalist church, Onickering Hall, will aiscourse at 11 A, M. and 3 P, M. Lecture in the afternoon. Subject—‘“Phaeton's Ride; or, Dangerous Ambition.” The Rev. H. D. Northrop will give an astronomical discourse in the West Twenty-third street Presby- terlan church this Sunday evening. The Rey. Merrill Richardson, D. D., pastor of the New England Vongregational church, will preach at 10% A, M. and 74 P. M. The Rev. J. M. Pullman will discourse upon “Evil Literature” at the Church of Our Saviour this evening. The Rev. G. I. Krotel, D.D., will oMficiate morning and evening at the Evangelical Church of tne Holy Trinity. The Right Rev, Bishop Clarkson, of Nebraska, and the Rey. Dr. Twing will occupy the pulpit of Christ church this morning and evening. The Rey. Mr. Haslup will preach at half-past ten A.M., and the Rev. 0. 8, Harrower at half-past seven P, M., in the Central Methodist Episcopal church. The Rev. P. L. Davis will preach morning and evening at tue Berean Baptist church. The Rev. David Mitcnell will take for the subject of bis discourse in. the Canal street Presbyterian cBureh, 17 Greene street, this morning, ‘A Good Soldier.” Aquarterly mecting of the Protestant Episcopal Sunday School Association wilt be held this evening, at half-past seven o’clocx, in St, Peter’s Hall, Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., will deliver an essay entitled “Our American Children and Their Church.” Sub Ject for discussion—“Should Sunday school libraries be confined to books of a strictly religious character 2” The Right Rey, Bishop Potter will institute the Rev, William N, Dunnell as rector of All Saints’ parish this morning, at half-past ten o'clock, and ‘Will administer the holy rite of Confirmation. The Rey. Morgan Dix, D. D., will preach the sermon. The Rev. F. 0. Putnam will preach in the evening, at half-past seven, The Rev. Dr. Ewer will hold services at the church east side of Seventh avenue, between Thirty-third and Tnirty-fourth gtreets, as follows:— Holy Eucharist at half-past seven A. M., morning prayer at nine, Sunday school at half-past nine, Litany, second celebration, and sermon at forty-five minutes past ten, evening praycr and sermon at half-past seven, A missionary meeting will be held this evening, at half-past seven o'clock, in the Churoh of the Transfiguration. Addresses will be made by Bishops Clarkeun, Tuctle and Morris, and by the Rev. & D. Hinman, Mr. N. Frank White will speak before the Society of Spiritualisis at Apollo Hall, at nalf-past ten A. M. and half-past seven o’clock P, M. “Christ’s Special Messenger’ will preach in the University, Washington square, at tnree P. M. Subject:—“The Time, Manver and Object of the Second Advent of Our Lord.” Is Woman fn Creation the Equal of Man? To THE EpiTor oF THR HERALD:—~ In the first place, we understand God, the Father, the Creator of heaven and earth, the Jehovah of the Hebrews, the Deity, in the masculine sense. And again, the first being created by God to take the form of humanity was Adam, a man. Moses, who was appointed by God to lead the Israelites out of the bondage of the Egyptians and be thetr civil aud feligious leader, was @ man; and Aaron, tho first of the Jewish priesthood, was alsoa man, And it was then the rule tat all that were appointed vy God to tule in the Jewish State and Church were men, as they represented power and intellect superior to woman from the first. And the Saviour, coming on earth to redeem man from the bondage of sin, also took the form of man; His Apostles were men, and in che Christian, as well as in the Jewish Churcu, all the offices irom the first were filled by men, The logical conclusion then, ts, that man, as made by God, ts superior to woman intellectually, physicaily and morally, Man for bis invedlect, woman for her beauty, was the axiom among the Jews, and also among the Greeks and Romans, and it Is Just as true to-day. Woman, however, among the Jews, Was tou much a “slave,” and, in pagan Greece and Rome, only lived the animal life, the toy of man, But Chrisuanity set woman up as the Chrisuian equal of man, as the guide of the family, as the ministering ange! at the family altar, as the peaceful uardiau of the Ciristian home, ever io look up, jowever, oman 3 ler protector and support, as her prop, ever to bear fur her the brunt of the siorm im the great battle of human life. A couple get married, and at tirst the world smiles on them, but aiter some time ad- verse storms come anu grief takes the place of joy, and when that Ume comes Who must stand ‘ute storm and bring bacs, if possivie, clear weather? itis man, for his wife looks up In his face beseech. ingly, and he knows then that she looks to lilm for support, ‘The very fact that woman occupies # sub- fecuve position im modera civilization proves ber haturat inferiority in creation, Why 1s it that per- haps fifty thousand women tn Europe and America are burted tn prosutution, outcasts im society, and those men that ruin them and abet them in ‘their iiguity be allowed to elbow archbishops, stride through the halls of royalty and clasp the hands of winces? 14s another evidence that she 18 stamped yy God With Mieriority. Lludeed from my inmost heart pity that woman who is tied to a drunkard, or to w man whose feet reach to the hails of shame, aud whose toach ts @physical and inoral pollution, Lcould shed tears tor her poor, bruised heart, that bas to submit to all this, and Mousands oF such abused ani down-trod- den women are in tls land to-day, Bat will suf frage, or bringtug Women from the Christian home into the political arena, belp this misery? Ob, no! Wt Wul ouly increase ti. If we Wish to lose the beau. tiful type of Christian Wife aud mother wuien all ood men revere, We Wall throw Woman pe he he nine. rol.s uf politics, Itas, however, true tin teenth century has clevate! women intellectually, three-fourths of the common Sehovl teachers of this country being Women; but now we will suppose that asa class (ley are a3 good teachers as men, Phere 1s no douvt but women asa classare Ot andl more than fit for Modern mobocratic suMrage; out the results, Infuences and associations Wicd will lor ically ow froui its possession will destroy the mod: est, retiring character of (rue word, Both sacred and profaue history are against placing women ina represcniative position to take the place of men, Elizabetn, Mary Stuart, Catharine de Medici, Madame Roland, &c., ave warnings against placing Important wists ti the hands of the weaker sex, Phronghoat the Oli Testament the fickle character of woman is co: held up as a stumbling block toman, And St, Paul says, “Man ts the head of the woman as Curist is the Lead of the Church.’ And again he says, ives, be suvject to your hus- bands," and in many other texts be incuicates the freee Subjective character of woman, Was tt not ne quiet, retiring, Christian mother tiat formed the character of the Father of His Country? Aud to-day, Wien corruption threatens the life of the Dation, May We Not say that that prop of We State is disappearing? Let us, then, uy and increase and preserve this sweet, rearing, modest character ip Woman, for without this modern civilization Will be lost in the beastiiness of heatheuism. D. We G. De The Four Gospels To THB EDITOR OF THE HERALD;— None have read the four accounts of our Lora’s life but mae Rave been struck WUR Me faot that there is a separate parpose, a distinct object, in each Gospel. Some seem to think them to be histories by different individuals acquainted with the facts recorded, and written according to the best of their recollections, and which received their particular form and style from the mental peculiarities of the writers, But, instead of thelr bemg, as is sup- posed, four imperfect histories of our Lord, each intending to remedy the defects of the other preced- ing, there are four records of the life of the Son of God, each perfect in itself, separate and distinct from the others, having its own pecu- Mar object and special purpose. Hence the differ- ence which obtain between each record. Instead of four different authors the Gospels are the product of but one person, and Mathew, Mark, Luke and John are simply his amanuenses, The Holy Spirit is the author of these four productions. He 1s the author of every sentence—yea, of even the very words as they flowed from the pens of the writers. Itis God writing, hence there is no room. for ‘amperfection, mental peculiarities, forgettul- ness,” &¢.; but that which is written is perfect in itself—we may not add nor take away one singie word, ‘This we feel is a very important point to be clear upon, that the very written word of Scripture—both of the Old and New Testaments—are God-inspired, and hence the Word of God 1s perfect—a complete siandard of truth, To Jt we may come and receive with joy and gratitude the revelations o: truth intended for the comlort aud peace of our souis, bowing in submis- sion to its claims and thus prove it to be aman of counsel through the journey of life, “a light to our feet and a lamp to our pathway,” ow, Mathew brings beiore us as the object of his record, “the son of Abraham, the son oi David,” the king and the character of his kingaom. Mark’s Gospel has for its ovject, “the Son of God’? 9s servant and the character of His service. Luke most prectously sets before us for our con- templation the perfect man. perfect ip ail nis waya— the nenoee Be fants I of sorrows, goqual ‘lef, dispensing blessing to others. In ins Gospel we have Jesus age than among men, As wo on Him, whether as the King or as the obedient servant, or as the alone perfect man, and view te incidents of His life, we are filled’ with wonder and surprise that such grace and cone descension should meet with hatred on the part of those whom he came to biess, but are delighted in the divine perfection of His character and person. When we open the volume of John’s Gospel our wonder pe place to solemn awe and reve. rence, for we are at the very first ushered into the very presence of {infinite jesty and divine glory. In Matthew, Mark and e we have very clear and blessed tntimations who the meek and lowly Jesus of Nazareth is. Bright sparks of Bee and divinity scintillate from the actions of the Lord Jesus; but nowhere does the Son of Man stand forth in the very nature of His being as divine as in John’s writi Hero tt is no leas than God himselt, vetied in flesh, and this is the object of Jonn’s Gospel, “God mauifest tn flesh.’ It ts that fact which throws around John’s record a ‘Wondrous sacreciness, making us to feel that here we are upon holy, divine ground and in the presence of One who is above all our thougnts and ways. Ail through this Gospel flows the action of divinity. Its experiences are divine experiences, In the other gospels, as we may expect, we have human relations, positions, responsibililtes and experi ences, but in John’s record we have divine rela- tions, positions and experiences, At the very first of this Gospel we got predicated of the Lord Jesus eternity of existence, “In the be- Inning the Word was.” He was before all things. low wondrously ana yethow simply the Holy Ghost through John gives in a short sentence or two the divine genealogy of Jesus. Afier announcig His eternity of being He declares His personality, “The word was witn God,” and then follows the de- claration of His Godhead, “the word was God,” Not only does Jonn’s Gospel set forth “God mant- fest in flesh,” but sets Him forth as manttested Iife—eternal life—and as imparting that ilfe unto those that receive Him. All through the Gospel are laid bare the divine processes that take place in the salvation of souls—the place and position that they get before God through taith in Christ Jesus, In conciusion, Matthew's Gospel is that of the King ana His kingdom, Mark’s Gospel is of the Servant and Mis service. Luke's Gospel is that of the Perfect Man and His ways. Jonn’s Gospel 1s that of God manifest in the flesh and His grace, Each necessarily separate and distinct, but the four together forming a complete whole, Each is a part of that whole, but a whole part, The four Gos- pels are a divine analysis of that most wonderful and complex character, Jesus—man aa oo a + Quy Ite A Centennial Service. The Isaac T, Hopper Home, at 213 Tenth avenue, in this city, has for its commendable object the reception and assistance of destivute women who have been discharged from prison after intoxication. Sunday, December 3, was the centenary of the birth of its founder—the good and phttanthropte Isaac T. Hopper—ani, as it was fitting, a commemorative Service was held at tne house which bears his hon- ored name, After the regular religious services an eloquent address was given by Mr. Lightner upon the life and character of Mr. Hopper. A pleasant ‘t of the-exercises was the presentation by Miss Hawxhurst—the kind and faithful matron—of a beautt(ul wreath of Mowers, purchased by contribu- tions of the inmates, which was placed by Mr. Heath, with some appropriate words, upon the por- trait of Isaac T. hopper, that lciong iriend of the oppressed and the unfortunate, lames Gipvons and bis wife Abby, a daughter of Mr. Hopper, who has toherited the noble virtues of her father, were present, Which added greatly to the interest of the occasion, “The memory of the Just is blessed.” 5: Ordination at Nassau, N. P. {From the Nassau Guardian, Nov. 25.] On Sunday last the Lor Bishop ot Nassau held an ordination service in the Cathedral, when Mr. Reuther was admitted to deacon’s orders, The Rey. John Reuther, who has been appointed chap- lain to the Bishop, was born, we understand, in British India, where nts fatner has been for thirty years # clergyman of the Church of England. #Afier completing his educational course on the Continent of Kurope and in England ho returned to India, studied the Oriental languages and assisted his father in bis duties, Having resolved to enter the Church le went to America, Where he applied him- self to the study of theology, and was admitted a candidate for holy orders in the diocese of New York, The reverend gentieman preached his first sermon on Sunday evening, the day of his ordination, his subject being, “Tue Way, the Truth and the Lite? — St. John, Xtv., 61. The sermon was exlempore, and delivere.1 with much earnestness, Missions in Mongulin, The Rey, J. T. Gulick, missionary in North China, now in this conutry, advocates the Immediate estab- lishment of a mission to the Mongols, a population Ol {rom 8,000,000 to 6,000,000, lying outside of and north from China proper, Methodist missionaries in China are looking tn the same direction, I, N, Wheeler, Superintendent of Methodist Missions at Pekin, dating at Kagan, a city of 100,000 inhabit. ants, says:—‘I hope We Will be reinforced in such numbers as soon to be able to set apart two men for the work in Mongolla gud Manchuria, We must occupy this vast territory, for the door of entrance 13 wide open. The American Board have 4 station in Kalgan, and the brethren here are beginning to see the first frults of their lavors.” Seven native Chinese preachers will be admitted into the several conferences of the current conference year, among the Methodists in the United - States; four have already been, and three more are to be, admitted— one each in the Vermont, Black River and Baltimore conferences, Revival in Princeton College. We are happy to Jearn that there is a very hopeful religious Interest !n Princeton College. A corre- spondent of the Evangelist writes:— Tiree months since, when the session was just opening; When tie new students were arriving and the old Inttiated members were intensely interested tu elecuioneering for their respective halls; when also the nights were made hideous to the new men, by reason Of those old coliege rites which have de- ascended from class to you would hardly have thought that so soon icene would change, and more serious and solemn thoughts would occupy the same minds, Butso it ls. There was a_pre- clous revival tu this coilege fast year, and those who were present then gladly view the signsol a return of the refreshing showers. Dr. Hall, of New York, was invited to come and address the students. Lie was present with them on the evening of the gud of November, The chapel was diled, That beautical hymn, begiuning “Saviour, visit Tiy plantation,” was sung, and then Dr. McCosh offered @ fervent prayer. Following this was the sermon of Dr. Hall, ‘The text was the first six verses of the taird chapter of Revelation, ‘fhe dts- course was a faitiiul representation of the cond. tion of a dead Church, and of tts guilt and danger, and also an carnes pea to those young men who are yet without God, The interest in the work smil continues. Religious NotesPersonal and General. There is deep religious Interest in several of the Presbyterian churches In this city, notably those of Drs, Adams, Paxton and Newell, John Wesicy Harper, eldest son of John Harper, of the firm of Harper Brothers, nas bult and fur- nished entirely, at his own expense, a Methodist church at Port Washington, L. 1, Tue edifice was dedicated on the 19th ult Rev. George Patton, of Seneca, New York, has been released from bis pastoral charge to take the pulpit made vacant in Rochester by the iamentable death of Rev. Dr. Hail. Rev. Morris OMecer (Tutheran) united with tho Kansas Central Association of tho Congregational churcl: @t its recent meeting. Rev, James Crutckshanks, of Spencer, Mass., has removed to Websier Groves, Mo., to become pastor of the Congregational church at that place, a ot The first Presbyterian churck of Elizabeth, N. was organized in 1664, aud toy 207 years has missed a service. In the last ten years 395 persons have been added to tts membership. Two Methodist churches in this city, St. Paul's and St, Luke’s, contributed $16,000 Sunday before last for the City Chureh Extension Society of that denomination. St. Paul's gave $10,000 and St, Luke's $6,000, Right. Rev. Thomas Davis, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of South Carolina, died suddenly at Camden, On the 2d inst. He had been blind, feeble and par- tially incapacitated for the performance bis ecclesiastical duties for many years past. Rey, ©. Benzing, pastor of the Second Reformed chureh of Cleveland, has been suspended from nis office by the Classis of Erie,on the charge that he had attempted to carry over to the Presbyterian Chureh both his congregation and church building. Dean Howson, now in this country, is of the opinen. that the work of bringing the heathen to the knowleuge of Christ must be largely done by Chi women. He finds in the practice that pre- Vailed in the Church of the Apostles warrant for the admission of women Ww oficial positions in the Chureh, The Danville (Ky.) Advocate of the Ist inst. saysi—‘The prouracted mecting at the Baptist chareh continues to grow tn inter Rev, Green Clay Smith (ex-Governor of Montana, &c.) 1s labor- ing earnestly for te conversion of souls, and his lal are beginning to be crowned with success. ope Weanesday evening five conversions had been made. A Canton (China) correspondent writes:—M. Blaponaron, French Vonsul at Canton, has obtained from the Viceroy an indemnity for the Catholic chapels and other property destroyed at Shek-Lung and ‘Tang-koon in the recent disturbances. It is 10 be hoped that the chapels wiil be soon restored, and that the native Christ of those places, who have been obliged to take refuge at the Cutholic mission at Canton, will be able to go back to their district and rebuild thelr heuses, TEMPLE EL. The Hebrew Feust of Dedication—Its Origin and Aim—The Tyranny of Modern Russian Compared to that of Ancient Syrin—Lec- ture by Rev, Dr. Gutheim. For a couple of weeks past the Rev. Dr. Gutheim has been on a@ visit to the South; but having re- turned a (ew days agu he was ready to lecture yes- terday, and the congregaiion turned out in goodly Dumbers to the services, not only to hear the dis- course, but because this is the season of eight days in which the feast of dedica- tion 1s observed among Israelites, The fathers thanked God for His protection of them against the onslaughts of thelr enemies and for saving them from destruction. And the spirit of the festival 18 re-echoed in the words of the prohhet from which the lesson for the day was read—Zech- ariab iil—and the spiritof the prophet coincides ‘With that of the festival. The prophet saw Joshua, the son of Josedeck, the high priest, standing before the Lord, clothed in filthy garments, and the adver- sary standing beside lim accusing him, But the prophet recommended that pure raiment be fur- nished to the nigh priest and a mitre placed upon his head, and the angel aaswered the adversary saying, “THE LORD REBUKB THER. Js not this @ brand plucked from the burning f? When we look into our traditional books, said the Doctor, and especiaily into the Talmud, we find the peculiar cause which has given rise to this festival of dedication. It is a littie incident converted into amiracie. It is related that when the Maccabees had conquered the Syrians and delivered Jerusalem, and entered the capital in triumph, and cleansed and purified the temple, which had heen defiled by the idolatrous practices of the heathen, and when they were about to recommence the true worship of the true God, they found one hittle jar of the consecrated oll for the lamp which had the seal of the high priest in- tact. It was only sufficient for one day, but a miracie was wrought, and: it lasted for eight days, and it was then decided to consecrate eigiit days to the feast of dedication tor ever alterwara, Jt 13 very remarkable that the Talmud should relate this incident, and base upon it this fesuvai, and at the same time ignore the heroic ceeds Of the Macabees, which must compare favorably with those of any others, The Syrian encroachments on Israel are well known. ‘They would like to have preserved the Jews for their own use to take part in their batties and conquests, but they wanted also to exterminate the Jewish reugion, which stood in their way. The Greco-syrian tyrant wanted to introduce tne heathenism Of the Grecians in its place and allow none other to exist, It was to become the coment by which the various nationalities under his sceptre were to be united. ‘There is but one example in modern nistory of this ancient Greco-syrian tyranny, namely, in Russia, which has persevered in this Policy for hundreds of years. Only one nation- ality, ONE LANGUAGE, AND ONE RELIGION must be allowed to exist or remain. ‘True, the acts of the Greco-Syrian tyrant are not allowed nor resorted to in our day, but the policy of repres- sion 1g the same to-day in Russia ag it was iu the days of the Syrian tyranny, and it tends to the same end. Hence the persecutious and sulicrings ot the Jews in ine empire of the Czar. The Grecian tyrant sent forth nis mandate to Israel that they should no longer observe their Sabbaths or festivals or laws, but that they should accept the Grecian gods, ov» serve their heathen rites and bow down and wor- ship and sacrilice to their idols. Inducements were held out to atiract the ovedience ot the Israelites to those laws, and they had some eflect in drawing many away from the faithof Judaism. Not alone were the dregs of the people thus suvorned, but the priuces and nobies who then existed were carried away with the specious promises of the heathen. And desertion crept into the sanctuary and the altar, so that the high priests, Manislaus aud Jason, bevame the ready and willing tools of the tyrants, and carried out their benests to the injury of their own people, aus the prophet saw the adversary stand at the right hand of Joshva, Avarice and ambition induced them to yield. Patriotism was welt nigh dead in Judaism. But then there arose a simple man, living m an ovscure village—Mattithias by name—in whose breast the flame of piety and patriotism burned brightly. te held aioit the banner of Judah, and many flocked around him to protect their religion and def.nd their country, and from this time the salvation of Israel was accomplisied, Hs sons took up the banner also, and held jt aloft after the latber’s decease until the country was cleared of the enemy, the tempie rebuilt and prepared for the wor- ship of the Most High. It will thus be seen that virtue and patriotism burning in one breast willin. spite and ignite others, and thousands will join im the cause of religion, humanity aud ali that is good aud holy. ISRAFL 1S A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS, the high priest of the nations, standing in the sanc- tuary af God and of humanity, and pertorming tue ofice of the high priests of the Lora, Truth should, therefore, be on our lips, love in our hearts and knowledge and understanding tn our bosom. What- ever 18 opposed to true religiou must be laid aside. All teelings of vanity, pride, selfisiness, avarice and ambition must be put off, for they are the flithy garments which the high priest should not wear in the presence of the Supreme, and a pure mitre should be upon iis head. Goa must be worshipped m spirit and in heart and not merely in name or in word. The true object of this festival is, therefore, to warm our hearts, to inspire our hopes and lacrease our faith tn Judaism, 1 13 eminently a home sestival—a sea- son of rejoicing. Parents perform the priestly service and the sons and daughters are their offer- ings to Goa, The fountains which pour their waters into the general stream of life are found in the home circles, and they permeate, the social, moral and res ligions Iife o1 the nation. Hence, a little lamp of trath and virtue just burn in the home and its in- fluence will be feit in the worid at large. Thus shall Isracl perform its great mission, for which it was raised up. The Doctor here paid a glowing eulogy to the heroism of the Maccavees and to their far- sighteduess in looking forward to the time when the truths of Israel, for which they fought, should be- come the property of mankind. Our weapons are not carnal, bat are moral. We will walk in the light of God, and by and by the nations will walk in Israel's light and kings in the brightness of her rising, And so may ti be, Amen, EOLEOTIO COLLEGE, How a Bribe was Disposed Of—Mistake of the Philadelphia Quacks, ‘rhe loose manner in which diplomas were granted by the Eclectic College of Piuadelphia haying been thoroughly investigated by a representative of the Hexano, the quaking quacks thought to, cover up their tracks by offering nim a bribe of $10, The munificent sum was promptly forwarded to this ofice, from whence, with the most sympa- thetic feeling for the erring practionera of the eclectic institution, it was seat to the good Sisters of Charity, the following being the acknowledg- ment:— To THe Eprror or THE Heratp:— The Sisters of Charity in charge of Sf. Joseph's Honse for the aged, 315 West Fourteenth strect, thankfully acknowledge the receipt of slo through the MERALD, Sister 8. BURGIA, Superioress. DEVEMBER 8, 1871, DEATH ON THE RAIL, At Tremont, Westchester county, yesterday, Coro- ner Bathgate held an inquest over the mutilated remains of an unkuown man who was run over by @ Harlem Railroad tram on the previous evening. Deceasod was walking on the tack near Ford: ham, and while endeavoring to avold an up train ran in front of one going in an op. posite direction. The unfortunate man was a German, and about sixty years old. fle has been engaged seliing rat traps and other wire “tricks’’ in the neighborhood indicated for a iew montas past, but nothing is known as to his name or piace of abode. A yerdict or accidental death having been rendored, the body was given over tu the town authorities for burial, THE COURTS. UNITER STATES SUPREME CCURT. Suit te Recever for N: and Carrying Against a Specified Medc. Wasminaton, Dec. 9, 1871. No, 21, The Bark Delatoare vs, The Oregon Iron Company—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of California.—This libel was filed vo re+ cover damages for the non-delivery of certain pig iron loaded on board the De:aware, at Portland, Ore- gon, to be carried to San Francisco, It was admitted on the trial that the cargo was shipped under & “clean” biil of lading; foet it was stowed on deck and was Jetsoned for tne salety of the ship. It was contended by the claimants that tne mode of stow- age adopted was agreed to by the shipper, and the principal question was whether parol proof et such Qn agreement could be received. ‘The Court, after aM extended examination of the decided cases, held that on grounds of policy as well as prin- ciple such proof ought not to be received; @nd theconclusion was that une master must be deemed to have carried the goods on deck without the consent of the shipper, and in violation of his contract, and that the vessel was consequently re- sponsible for the loss, The appel!ants concede that, in the absence of a contract the contrary, goods shipped under a bill of lading such a8 that in this case, tie presumption 1s that they are to have such stowage as is according to the custom of the trade, which 1s admitted t> be under the deck; but it is contended that under the better authority the Court erred in excluding tne parol evidence of a contract, Senator Casserly tor appeilant; John EB, Ward tor appellees, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUT. Charge of Forging a Postal Money Order. Before Commissioner Shields. The United States vs, Steyhen T, Carpenter,—The defendant was arrested some time since on a charge of forgery in connection with a postal money order. His father gave bail for him in the sum of $2,b00, ‘The young man jumped this bail and ran off to Lane singourg, in this State where he subsequently got married. He was there arrested aud brougat back to this city. He was held for examination ou Mon- Gay next by the Commissioner, Bankruptcy Cases. Puring the week ending December 9 Jesse H. Davey and Septimus E, Swift filed petitions in yo- luntary bankruptcy; Leonold Stern and Charles J. Murphy were adjudicated involuntary bankrupts, and George J. L. Wight and N, Barrys Willlame re- ceived discharges in bankruptcy. Non-Payment of Special Tax. The United States vs. G. L. Rathbone,—The de- fendant gave bail in the sum of $500 for examination on @ charge of having done business as a retail Nguor deater at 16 entre street without payment of the spécial tax required by law. MARINE COURT—GHAWBEAS. Before Judge Tracy. Brancourt vs. Morange.—Plaintiff and defendant owned @ small chattel mortgage in common, and plamtf assigned his interest therein to defendant. ‘The defendant then turned the mortgage over toa third party for collection, Some delay occurred in the coliection and @ portion only of the effects were sold. The residue still unsold ts now in the hands of various auctioneers in the city, and by them keid subject to platntiit’s order, ‘The litigation in refer- ence to the affair is sill before the Court, BROOKLYN COURTS. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Concy Island Boulevard. Before Judge Gilbert. Messrs, T. G. Rergen, John Lefferts and W. W. Moseley, tne Commissioners of the proposed Coney island Boulevard, have presented their report to the Court, and it has been confirmed. The total amount of awards was $252,788, ‘The boulevard will ran west of the Coney Island road from Pros- ect Park to the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, and it is understood that the Park Commissioners will commence the work immediately. It is reporved that an appeal is to be taken from Judge Gilbert's action in confirming the report. CITY COURT. A Divorce Case. Before Judge Neilson. Martha A, Hewlett vs Richard Hevolett.—The plaintif brought this suit tor an absolute divorce on the ground of adultery, and the case was referred to D. B, Thompson, who yesteraay reported in favor of allowing the divorce applied for. Judge Neilson or- dered a aecree entered accordingly. COUNTY COUAT. The Jordans Agaiv. Before Judge Troy. In June last Alfred Jordan brought a suit against Charles H. Jordan, his brother, and Charles H. Jor- dan, Jr., claiming $121 50 for work, labor and ser- vices duly periormed, The defendants own a mar- ble yard at the corner of Division avenue ana Keap street, Brooklyn, and set up a counter claim for board or plaintiff and his family. Tne case was irst tried before Justice Riley and a jury, when a verdict was rendered for the plainuff, An appeal was then taken to the County Court, where the case dragged along until Monday __ last, when the plaintiff's counsel, P, Keady, took an inquest, Yesterday a motion was made by the defendant’s counsel to open the iInqnest, and Judge Troy, alter hearing the afMidavits on both sides, ordered thatthe de- fault be opened on the defendants paying the trial fee, and referred, with the consent of plaintiff, to be heard, on four days’ notice, before the referee, and also that pat be renewed if not satis- Jactory to plaintifi’s counsel, The ploin- tir ‘and the defendants have been at law for some time past The plaintit's daughter, Emma Jordan, got a verulct ior $5,000 for breach of promise and seduction against the de- Jendanv’s son, her first cousin, a short time ago, and 1s now in destitute circumstances, wile the father of her wegittmate child, Christopher E. Jor- dan, ls living in .uxury on his father’s money, SURAOCATE’S COUAT. Admitted—Letters tion, &c. Before Surrogate Veeder, During the past week Surrogate Veeder admitted to probate the wills of Samuel Jones, of New Utrecht; Charlotte Gouldard, of Seldon Hall, Sur- rey county, Va.; and William Rowiandson, Fisher Howe, Charlotte L. Chartres, Warren Downey, James 8. Hallett, William Donaldson and Eliza Doig, of Brookiyn. Letters of administration were granted on the estates of Winifred Fitzpatrick, of Gravesend, and Joseph Rusher, Robert Ferrier, Charles Piyrim, ‘Thomas L. Jones, Margaret Pelton, Willam Runk, Jacob OU, Blackley, John Norris, Michael H, Cook, Thomas Greene, James Biggs and Frederick W. Green, of Brooklyn. Letters of Fircisnaly of the persons and estate of Henry and Oscar F. Dean were granted to Martha J, Dean, their mother; of George Jonnson to John E. Watson; of Marv F. and Alice W. Browa to John F, Phulips, aul of Brooklyn. Wills of = Administras COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS, A Woman Who s “Kilt Entirely Several Times—Mike Meliz on Flour, and What Judge Dowling Thought of It. Justice Dowling found a rather lengthy calendar awaitmg him yesterday morning when he took his seat on the bench of the Court of Special Sessions, This seemed to have no terrors for him, however, and he went through the various cases brought up with his accustomed alacrity, An elaborately dressed youth, who passes under the appellation of Anijrew McKeon, and works in the Department of Docks, was called up for as- saulting an moffensive looking German named Freterick Busch. The youtuiul ‘Andy’ pleadea guilty, and got ten days in the city prison. Bridget Mulcahy Js a roilicking Jass, uron whom the frosts of perhaps twenty-lve winters have ful. Jen, Sid wanted tis Honor to “knock smithereens out of Charles Miller for bating ma, yer Houor.”” “Way did be beat Bridget’ askel the Judge, “Becase he tuck It into his darty head, yer Honor.’ “Vo you live with him? “Yes, sit, Lado; I've been leven with him these eleven years, and fie’s kilt me entirely several times. I wanis to jist give meseil up lo yez now, yer Honor.’ “But Lam not going to keep you.”? “The diyil ye anty? “Where do you live, Bridget?” “A, and fuith J lives over Patsy Rice.’ “He's the Alderman of the ward, 1s lie not?’ “Ha is, yer Honor, ania moighty fine mon he Is, 0. At this junetnre Miller got down on his “marrow bones’’ and began praying the Judge to iet him off, “Let you om? I will give you ten days instead.” ‘TWO villainous-looking Specimens of humanity, named respectively Peter Hogan and Joseph Fox, were charged by Catharine Hurmmell with having committed an unprovoked assaulé upon her. She dispenses “refreshments” irom behind & var somewhere in the Bowery, and because she refused liquor to the two prisoners when they already had on all they could carry the pair of them proceeded to pound her most unmercifully. ‘The Judge gave them three months each. Edward Schnell charged Mike Meliz with having stolen from his (Schnell’s) store a barrel of Nour, Mike Was quite positive he did not take the four, but “acknowledged the corn” when ® witness swore bog veiy that he saw him take it, Six months the time set for Michael to serve the State by cracking stoae on Blackwell's Isiaud, TOMBS POLICE COURT. An Old Ofiend:r and Persistent Horse Thief— Hauling Herrings—Meinhold Keyser on Stanionery—Five Valuable ‘Purps.”” The Tombs /oltce Court was very dull yesterday, but little, if indeed apything, of importance coming up either at the morning or afternoon session. Judge Hogan was on the bench, and disposed of the usual number of cases of intoxication, disorderly conduct and vagrancy with the rapidity and facility for which he ts noted, giving to some ten days on the Island, to others a light fine, and to others again nothing more severe than a sharp repri- mand, accompanied by a promise to mete cut some- thing slightly more salutary the next time they were brought up. These trivial cases finished, Mr, Eu- ward Deering, au inoifensive and somewhat ver- dant appearing Individual from the Fatherland, stepped gayly up to the desk and proceeded, through an interpreter, to make known the nature Of Ins visit to the Sgyptian monument, This, how- ever, Was his second call at the Tombs, he having put im an appearance there last Wednesday, upon which occasion he was accompanied—rather reluctantly, no doubt—by one John Meyers, whom he accused of having, together with AN UNKNOWN PARTY, mduced him to draw from an upcown savings bank the sum of $150, which he (Deering) had there on deposit, after which they inveigied him tnto a lager beer saloon somewhere in the Lowery, where tey robbed lim of the amount. Upon this occa- sion his unwilling companion was locked up in default of $2,000 bail to answer at the Court of General Sessions. Mr. John Welss— for that 13 the name of the individual who, at one end of an oficer’s arm, followed Mr. Deering w the desk ye-terday—was the hitherto “unknown party’? who had assisted Mr, Meyers in the divestment of the unfortunate Deering in the Bowery saloon. Mr. Deering wanted Judge Hogan to lock John up, for he was sure, very sure, In fact knew, that he was one of the guilty parties, His Honor heard John’s story, and then, In detault of ball, ordered him to the shades beiow until such time as he should be waned at the Court of General Sessions, A HAUL OF HERRINGS, John Hanlon, & youth not more than fourteen years of age, took @ liking tO a couple ol boxes of nice Scotch herrings whicn were bemg taken down thr ough Barciay street, and so strong was his de- sire tO partake of the articles that he was con- strained to relieve the truck of their weight, Un- Tortunately ior tittle Johnny a cop had his eye on him, the resuit of which was his arraignment before Judze Dowhag, who sent him to the school ship. PURLOINING “ PURIS,”” Charles Clarke has a great fondness for highbred dogs, and the worst of it is he 13 not particular whose dogs they are. Last Wednesday morn- ing he and another juvenile made a raid on the — establishment — of Dan _ Burns, in Broadway, near Biececker street, at a very carly hour, and t6ok therelrom five skye terriers, any one of which, to use the elegant language of Mr. Burns, “are worith not @ cint iss than iabrty dollars.! Charles took the “purps” to a place in Greenwich street and offered them for sale at $15 each. Now, had he kept away from this Greenwich street estab- lishment all might now have beeu well with fiim, for it was here he fell intoa trap whieh finally cul- minated in his being taken to tne Tombs, where His. Bongr committed nim for trial before the Court of Special Sessions, A STATIONERY THIRF. Meinhola Keyser, a fne-looking German, was charged by Isaac and Joseph Bloom, of No, 353 Broaaway, with having stolen from thelr premises yesterday morning a vox Of stattonery valued at $30, John Wilder swore that he saw the defendant making off with the box, Keyser proiested stoutly that he never saw any = such box as was descrived, and that he had never in all his life stolen anything. ‘The unfortunate man’s countenance spoke louder in his defence than did his my re) nevertheless lic had to go below, His wife, a fine-lookiag lady about twenty years ol age, wept bitcerly at seeing her husband locked up, and clung to lum in the most affectionate manner possible, Kissing him over and over again vefore the officers ushered him through the dour, AN OLD OFFENDER. Jonn A, Whitford, an ex-policeman, was brougit up for stealing a horse and wagon valued at $159, Whitiord was dismissed from the police force sometime ago for complicity in a similar affair, and about ® month since ne was arraigned at Jeflerson Market on a charge of having robbed a gentleman of a gold Watch, It was proved on examimation yesterday that he went to Bridgeport, Conn., where he lured @ horse and wagon of a Mr. Edwin Edwins for the purpose of Ca ty Derby, a town somewhere ta the vicinity of Bridgeport. Instead of going to Derby he came to New York, and here soid the property toa Mr. Somerville. When Whitford saw ney had him “dead to rights,” as the “boys” say, he made a clean breast of the whole affair. Being unable fo procure the necessary amount of bail, he, 100, had to go to @ cell below, where he wili be likely to remain until called for at the Court of General Sessions, DRY GOODS MARKET. There ts no special activity in the dry goods mar- ket to be recorded of the past week. Cotton goods are quiet, with a small advance In the staple. Brown sheetings and slurtings have been in mod- erate demand, and stocks are light aud heavy standard goods very firm. In the medium and lower grades there are signs of weakness. Bieached sheetings and shirlings are rather trregu- lar, some sales of @ speculative character having been mace, In qualities below 12c, the supply 1s yery light, and there {is a tendency to return to former prices tn grades that have been revised, Stlectas are seiling well in the clothing trade, ana | prices are firm. 1 Dokinae continue in good request, and corset | jeans and satteens are remarkably light in stock, | ‘with orders ahead of production. Prints are confined in movement to the best styles, and these meet with ready sales, in cotton hosiery for spring large orders have been taken on some of the leading makes, aud gauze underwear is in good Inquiry. Other varie- Ues of hoslery are without much life. Woollen goods are quiet at present, but tnere are signs that promise early operations, Heavy goods now held by agents are firmer, and stocks arc low. Orders for spring goods are lively with clotniers and jobbers. Doeskins nave been more inquired for during the week, with prices firm, Flannels are well reduced, though large amounts have been thrown upon the market. Prices are firm, The same may be said of blankets, Much attention 18 given to tho styles of light welwht fancy cassimeres for the coming season, and the new styles promise vo be very attractive. Heavy weight fancies grow firmer in price and promiso sull to advance. A WILLIAMSBURG PERRYBOAT CONDEMNED, The Brooklyn and New York Ferry Company's boat Cayuga, plying between Broadway, Williams- burg and Grand street, New York, for the past halt century, has been oMcialiy condemned. Other boats on the same Ine sadly neea marine hospital treatment. It 18 @ notorious fact that residents of Williamsburg for many winters, while the river was impeded with ice, preferred to travel to the Western District on the cars, avd then take the Fulton ferry boats, to reach their places of business in New Yors, rather than risk their lives in the boats alluded to, AID FOR THE FIRE SUFFERER’ The following alditional sums have been received at this oMice for the sniferers by the fires in the West:— - 85 00 vee BHO 50 $40 00 2 200 Total from Holland (gold THE NWSW RECBPIION HOSPITAL, Owing to the great success of the Reception Hos- pital in Centre street, the Department of Puviic Charities and Correction finally resolved to open one in the upper part of the city, and quite recently the Commissioners finished of @ hospital in West Ninoty-ninth street, near the Thiviyefirst Precinct Station House, Attached to it is an Outdoor Poor Dispensary where all the poor of the neighborhood can go anil receive medical and surgical atd gratis, and likewise medicine. Ambulances and surgeons in constant attendance, the same as at Bellevue Hospt- tal. Latients are received from the Tweltth, Twen- ecoud, Twenty-third, ‘ihirtieth, Thirty-Grst and Thirty second precincts, ‘This hospital 1s under the charge of Mr. Thomas 8, Brennan, Warden of Belle- vue Hospital. A PUBLIC FRAUD, A the Yorkville Police Court yesterday Sigismand Kolin, of 802 Third avenue, proprictor of a coal yard there, was arratgned charged with giving short weight to three of his customers. Thomas Dwyer, of No. 1,026 Second avenue, who purchased of tum two tons, was short 396 pounds, Benjanun F, Nunns, of 876 Third avenue, made affidavit tuat hie Was short in one ton 160 pounds, and J, W. 0’Cou- nor, of 966 Second avenue, received a ton whicit ‘Was short 164 pounds of the 2,000 pounds which con- sututes @ ton of coal. In cach of the foregoing three complaints Kohn was held by Alderman Piun- Kit For examination (10th sna) 1B ball oF 5 THE IDYLL OF JIM AND JOE, Postponement of the Fisk-Mansfield Libel Case Until Tuesday Next. Experience of an “Active and Intelligent’ in Not Finding the Recziver of Those Tell-Tale Love Letters—A Judge Who Does Not Know the Man He Appointed— A Wife Wio Says Her Hur- band Lives “somewhere.” ‘The libel suit which has tickled the palates of sensationalists In New York for some time: past, between James Fisk, Jr., and Helen Josephine Mans- field, came up for nearing yesterday morning at the Yorkville Police Court, but tate and the lawyers interposed to keep the delicate morsels of scanaal in the legal gentlemen’s brief bags for a few days longer. Judge Beach and Counsellor McKeon eld @ consultation on Friday evening with Cuariey Spencer looking to an agreement to postpone the case until Tuesday. The two first-named found tt necessary to start for Albany, where they had to appear in the Connolly case, and Spencer haa a case at Tremont watch demanded ats atteadance. Hence, as the desire to pe away was mutmal, they had little diMculty in coming to @ satisfactory con- clusion, The news of this got abroad, and asa con- sequence the court room did not witness the presence of the throng of WELI-DRESSED LOUNGERS who found uelectable excitement in ihe case om previous occastons. Another «iMculty has turned up in the fact that a summons issued by Judge Bixby to compel the attendance of Jonn D. Tuthitl, the receiver of those letters aboat which all the botuer was betng raised, failed to reach that person. The suminons was in regular form, and added that ‘Tuthill should bring along THE TWO SEALED PACKAGES of letters he had received from the hands of Peter B. Sweeny. Sergeant Phillips was entrusted with the service, put found that mtricate and wind- ing are the ways of Erie before be had gone far on his mission, First of all the Sergeant called om the lady in the case, Miss Mansfeld, at 3859 West Twenty- third street, but could obtam no useful in« formation trom tho calculating Joste, She hinted that by hunting up her beloved Stokes at the Hoffman House sometiuag might be learned. ‘The “active and intelligent” taliner bent his steps, bnt Stokes could not be found either up stairs or down stairs or in the lictle barroom, : BAVFLED, BUY NOT FLOORED, the Sergeant went to Brooklya and saw Judge Pratt, of the Supreme Court, who appointed the shadowy Tuthtil receiver, Pratt knew nothing about the man—which ts strange, if true, and Who would doubt the word of a Supreme Vourt Justice? ‘The Clerk of the Supreme Court was now droppe® on by the indefatigable Sergeant, Like his master, huis Ignorance of Mr. ‘Luthtll Was supreme, He sug- gested, however, that the oillcer slould see the County Clerk, and that im the oftice of the aiter’ were filed the bonds given by ‘Tutnill. Sure enough, there were the bonds, with Tuthil’s address upon them- 5 West Twenty-frst street, New York city, T reeant jumped with joy and into a street cay at the samo ume and bied to the designated thoroughtare. tle would not urust him- selftoenter the house for five long hours, during Which the patient oflicer warmed hts heeis in its im- mediate vicinity, eycing each passer-by with a seruttiizing glance tuat would have withered ibe receiver had it struck him between the eyes, It did not strike him, and the cautious policeman thought it was me toring the door bell. He found Mrs. Tuthill at home, buv not & vestige of ‘Tathiil nimseif. ‘The lady adimitted that she was married toa mau of the name, but “where’s his hame she did pat chvose to tell.” flls occupation was unknown to her, and beyond her belie! that he was SOMEWDERE IN THE COUNTRY— & pretly vague thing in addresses—she professed to kuow nothing. ‘That oficer leit ina state bordering on insanity, With the velief dawning on him that Tuthill was a myth. The effect of this mysterious disappearance on the case will be to rob it of much of its interest, and from the fact that all the efforts of the Erie Jeemes have been of late directed {to the suppression of this correspondence stnister rumors are current that the vanishing of the holder of these Speaking epistles ts the result oi intrigue. Further endeavors Will be made, it 1s understood, to ind wis misty receiver. JUDGE BIXBY TOOK HIS SEAT at half-past ten, after the night cases had been dis- dof, The case was led, and Mr. Morgad, on half of Mr. Fisk, applied for @ postponement, which was agreed to by Volonel Feuows, on benall or the ple. Judge Bixby then announced that he set It down peremptorily for pext Tuesday, and that it would be continued every day until it was Onished. He informed Mr, Morgan that if lawyers 1n this case thougit they were going to MAKE A LONG WINTER'S JOB OF IT they were much mistaken. In this resolve he would notallow himself to ve chueckmated by the legal geutlemen engaged, although he wished to oblige them all be could. This terminated the proceed- ings; and so rests the preity lovers’ quarrel between Junmy and Josie. THE GEN. ALOGICAL SOCIETY. Mevting of the Society Last Evening—The ate Mr. Gautier—What the sSeciety in Doing. Aregular meeting of the Genealogical and Bio. graphical Society was held jast evening at the rooms of the association, No, 64 Madison ave- nue, There was a goodly attendance of ladiew and genulemen, the majority of wnom were doubt- less attracted to the meeting from whe fact that it had been announced that tho President, Dr. Stiles, would read @ sketch of the Ile of the late Secretary, Mr. Jobn S. Gautier, who was held in high esteem by the association, and in whose death the soclety experienced a serious loss. After the geueral routine of busiaess bad been gone through with, Dr. Stiles reud the sketch whicn he had prepared on the life of Mr. Gautier. ‘fhe Doc- tor began by tracing the genealogy of the iate Secre- tary’s family back far beyond the American period which tried men’s souls, He then gave a history of Mr. Gautier’s connection with the Society from the evening when he entered his home, a few years ago, joyously, and exciaimed, “Do you know there is a wenealogical society in unis city, and yet I knew it not?’ until the day when he was obliged to relin- quish his dutles as Secretary on account of Ill health, The Poctor secmed to be very much affected as he told how the deceased had endeared fimseif to the members of the society; how faithtully he bad worked to further its ioterests, aud how valuable were the results of the genealogical labors he had willingly periormed tor the mere love of the work itself, “The sketch throughout was a beautiful tribute to the virtues of Mr. Gantier as a father, brother and husband, and member of the asgocia- ton, and the fact that it was delivered as feelingty Mr it was certainly did mot rob Lt of any Of Its attrace ons. it may not out of place just here to state that the Genealogical and biographical Soctety is vot an old logy tustitution, as some people love tostyle all @ssociations Which bave for their nal aim to give the families of the present day an insigat ito the families of the past, and to afford instruction at the same time that they may excito the curtous mind and cause even the most sceptical, te see some good 1a the idea of tracing one’s name or fam- ily to tts primeval source. Dr. Stiles, tn his sketch of the life of Mr. Gantier, showed how the latter,by a diligeut work ol love for genealogy, bad veen able to brush aside much of the mystery in which the origin of many ol the leading famitres tu this State were tieretofore enveloped. Certaln! if one maa, by nis own individual labors, could ad So much as itis alleged Mr. Gauter did to this ena, a combination of such men could do an incalculable amount of good ta the way of tracing families back to tuew origiwal source, There are those no doubt owio will sneer at the {lea and declared that sueh a work 18 at best a work that benehts no one; but who will Maintain that he tukes no interest tn the results? The society, of which mention has been made, was incorporated in 1869, the trustees for that ion he R, Stes, M. D.; David Parsons Holton, M, D.; Wiliam Frederick Hotcombe, M. D.; Edward Chauncey Mar- shal, Seth Hastings Grant, Samuel Bawaru Sulles, Seymour Augustus Baker, D. D.; Samuel Smith Purple, M. D. ‘The objects of the sockety are to ‘dis- cover, peereae, preserve and perpetuate” whatever may relate to genealogy and YM 'y, and more particularly to the genealogies anu biographies of Jamilies, persons and citizens associated and fdentifed with the State of New York. ‘Lhe principal features of the meetings which are held trom time to time by the society are a general interchange of views, and the reading of appro- priate papers, aud discussions relative to the best methods of genealogical investigation. ‘The society has exerted ilse successfully In the formation of & library of reference of such Works on history, gen- ealogy, biography, &c., both in printed and maou. seript form, ag may in’ any way contribute to the purposes of the association. Besides this, it keeps up correspondence with other societies of similar character a3 well ag ish govesignee and local historians 1 this and other Siatey of the Union, and also disseminates genealogical information b- lications, in such form and manner and at such times as the Executive Committee of the society may deem best, of genealogical and ‘aphical material, The society now numbers ninety active members resident in the city, has seven lie mem- bers, three honorary members ana eighty corre ponding & members antside (ae State,