The New York Herald Newspaper, January 7, 1872, Page 8

: , : j ‘ a ? fous bul indifferently prepared, Feuuiy “Aélivered, thirds tet RELIGWUS INTELLIGENCE. The Religions Programme for To-Day— Herald Religions Correspondence. “Fhe Week of Prayer—The Feast of the Epiphany. Services To-Day. | Rev. David Mitcnel! will preach this morning in | We Canal Street Presbyterian church. Rev. P, L. Davix will preach morning and even- ‘ng In the Berean Baptist church, ‘Rev. Andrew Longacre will oMciate in ihe Cen- ral Methodist Episcopal church. “Dedains; or, The Triumph of Mind Over Nat- | ter,” will be the sudject of Rev. Charles F, Lee's dise eourse this afternoon in the Fifth Universatist ebureh (Chickering Hall) aud in the evening his sub- | ject will be “The Stari the Kast.” Rev. wr. Krotel will preach morning and evening Inthe Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Hl ‘?rmnity. Rey. ©. §. liarrower will preach this morning and @vening in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, | His evening subject will be “Vurgatory.”? Rey. K. C. Sweetser will preach this morning In the Bleecker street Universalist churet, on “Heaven, | aud whe Way to Obtain 1.” Evening service as | ‘usnoal. Rev. J, M. Puliman will preach morning and even- {mg tn the Chorcb of Oar Savionr. Services will be held in St. ‘Thomas? church as fol- | Jows:—Morning prayer at nine o'clock, litany, ser- mon apd holy communion at half-past ten, and ebildren’s service at half-past three im the after- noon. ¥m the Oborch of the Epiphany there will be high | mags und sermon by Kev, Dr. Burigel) this morning at balf-past ton o'clock and vespers and sermon by | Rey. Dr. McGlynn at haif-past en In the evening. ‘The annual missionary service of the Church of fhe Holy Communion will be held this evening. | Addresses wiil be wade by Bishop Randail, Dr. Halt and other prominent clergymen, and an offering | Made for foreign and domestic missions. | Rev. Thomas Gaard will preach in the West | ‘Twenty-third street Vresbyterian enureh this morn- ang and Rev. H. 1. Nortirop tu the evening. Rev. Wm. N. Dunnell will preach in All Saints’ Free ebureb, corner of Henry and Scammel streets, this Morning and evening. Rev. Dr. Ewer will officiate tn St. Ignatins? | churen, Seventh avenue, to-day. Services will ve | Lueld at half-past seven, nine and a quarter toeleyen | tm 'the morning and at half-past seven in the even- | ang. Right Rev. Dr. Lituejohn, Bishop of Long Istana, | ‘will pr: 4 Christ church this morning and Rey. Professor Francis F. Russet! in the evening. Rev. 'T, A. Hoyt will preach this morning im the | fmall chapei of tne New York University (Pree Pres. | byterian eburcn), Rev. Dr. Mlagg wil preach m the ball corner of Fifty-fith street and Third avenue ts morning. Rev. George H. Hepworth will, this moray, tn the Chorch of the Messiah, give the reasons for nis | ‘Christmas sermon, and in the evening bis discourse | ‘WL be on ‘rhe Shepherds and tue Sheep.” “The Spiritual Kingdom” will be the subject of Mra, Cora L. V. Tappan’s discourse tis evening in | ‘Trenor Hall. | Bishop Snow will hold forth in the Universtiy, | Wasbington square, this afteruoon. Mrs. Emma Hardinge Britton will speak before the Society of Spiritualists Ums morning and even- tpg in Apollo Hal, A Cn | tie Clergyman Reviews Phillips. To THE Enron or tHE HERA: On Thursday evening, the 28th uit,, Wendel! Pi 3p lectured at Steluway tail, under the auspices of the Mercanule Library Association, He took for hie subject “Street Life m Europe.” We had never heard the famous orator, out had formed avery high opswion of him both as a speaker and a man of principle, aud went to hear him with the utmost good wil, We anticipated with pleasure the sight Of one of the moral heroes of our century, and held | Ourselves happy in the prospect of Itstening to tue | conscientious views, fearlessly expressed, of the | man whose praise we found recorded, na few days before, in our leading Catholic magazine. What we are about to say will show how far our expectations were realized. Of the lecture, vonsiderea from a literary point of view, we Wil say nothing, though im truin it seemed A An port cyte: a kind of injustic® > to the “inteligemt audience,” as well as to the asso- elation, that the orator had not satisfies their law- hopes Mr, Fpilips, however, said things which wil} Make this lecture remembered, aéspite the easy OThandedness with which some of the ideas were vhrown out, The frst was “that the American (the | Oflice-seeker, We submit) is the greatest coward among the izens of ali modern nations in our cirete, for the reason that he is always, while jn the streets, In presence of tke sovereign; whue the Buropean salyect of a monurchy saunters tree and ‘unrestrained along his splendid thorongniares for @contrary reason.” One individual in the numerous assemblage applauded this sentiment. Perhaps ne was an Englishman. The mass were so astonished ki the novelty Of the utterance tbat thei amazement overcame for the while thelr admiration for tne orator’s boldness, and the ihing was so new to them that they seemed not to realize it 1a Lime ior wpplause. Apart from Us We couiess that we vt | selves, although delighted with the courage of the | epeaker, did not appland hin at this pomt, as we + felt by no means elated ab Us picture of American character, Bai if Wendell Phillips showed bitaseif then the man whom we had beeu auixous te nae admire, we regret to say that he atterwards fell | very jow in OF estimation. I may be se felt toat | he had gone too far in the Orst instance and wished rectify his mistake, but he actuatly prefaced te main fubstance of his ciscourse with an apology Jor speaking “the truta.’? Surely chix was ua- | Wendell | Worthy of his old and caviabie reputation. Nay, | more, it was a lapse into the very fault he sought Ww avoid. No person of education and refinement | should feel insuiied at bemg tot te truth even about his own veloved s when, as | Mu this case, 1 ts expressed in appropriate time, | lace and language. Mr. PhiILIps, 1% Kees to ns, und Nix audic He implied tai New York- | ers required an exc truths favorable to tue peop polite nations of Kurope, ©! the populat i oe not like Catnoticisin,” ‘Whose Own near relatives 4 not dread it.) Lis in the i was even he emed, prelorr comes. “Wealth, numbers and eau our side,” he cc ned, “and we speak the iuth. ai fora tean, venal soul 1 bie numbers beiore fh ce. se for being forced to listen to Por some of the most | toa large moiiy | auion are m afford to What a $ WHO caiculates SS CoMIEsS Lo Lie Foodness | Of bis Jeliow; who measures the lengih of us purse Welore he speaks, as if to weigh the loss and wain Of giving lextimeny to the truth; who @aoges bis own leurning before he wilers i, as if 18 virgin benuiy were not sumicient sword and shield. Mr. Phillips assumed beginning, twat most of wis he Europe, and doubiiess he was rig bad, why apologize tor revs Did in ti PERS Had Visite lor praising the | of Frauce and Italy, wher he could ther own expert: ence? AS if whey Would noi beleVve Whit they lad ween; as if they were unwilling to adr the virtues of Catholics and Catiol nations, even When suv. | hess, the piety jected Wo the evidence We, us at ‘Rew Yorker,” felt that if eive an t InsHit Us Was Lhe evasion; and, indeed, We oily | excused the mun belore us vy the supposit Which We Mink provavie, tat he forgo: he was tn New York, or dii not know ter peop! hue what we could not toierate war that dei) Phiiups of our Unagination; the Daniel @Lonnei!, the man stood suegyrist of | alusi a nas | on for down-trodden ther: (he man who hac adm: (as he related luis Very eveniug) we sO) 18 ty of race aud color in the Catholic | Ubureh, av Invalides, in tie Basilica of St | Pever’s, wi e styled “Cie Cathedral of (ae Chis. tuan World;” fp the halls of Propaganda; who con- ivasted tne genuine edocation of Coe Parisian with ihe rougnness of is own Bostoutune, “or whou L uarantee you every of them can read and write;? ho praised the unaected piety OF ihe tralian wor: compared with the listiess, cod aud devotion of Is OWN countrymen, that should fal! so low as to apologize for the atter- “something in favor of Catuolicism and ‘Uathoies,” especially when (is something Was 40 beautiiul and acceptabie to Wie audience that they Were rapt in atiention ab this period of lis discourse. This was, indeed, disappoining aud saddening to UE, ana we rose without the ideal of the man which We had brought with us, and felt grieved to ind that our idol was of clay, We think that mr. Puiiips owes New York apother apology-—an logy for the implied narrowness of mind and under which, evidently, he supposed her to We take it that New York requires no excuse tor wid the truth under ang eircum- @tances; much less is she joan to hour it of the oo-rel sis Of Charics O'Conor aud Ji Bed- fora thie pecullar juncture; aud if we compre hend the country at large io our estimate, we vare was 1s WW) BOL WG MUTUEIHO, phd by wot Up | likely to hear to schooi8, Which amount to nothing at ali, compara- | | ana die | of | se | of what the { domestic: piety; NEW YOKK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. Or afraid, to listen to favorable views of that Charch which numbers Roger B, Taney and Churies Carroll, of Carrollton, among her acherete ie Tho Publie schools, To THE EpvroR OF TRE HenaLp:— “Catholicus” informs us in last Sunday’s HERALD that “the Catholic Church demands denominational schools, and this can be the only satisfactory solu- ton of the question.” And why cannot our chil- dren meet together to learn the sciences as tieir fathers meet and practice them im the everyday affairs of sifef It is a very poor compliment vo a | man and bis wile, and their pastor, to tell them they cannot imbue their childyen with their pe- cullar Jaith sufcient to counteract all ihey are the contrary im our pubic lively speaking, and would vecome stil less were 1b not for the imsolence and threatened “power” of | Such bigots a8 “Cathol ious’? For isolence it 1s of the most offensive character; for be says, as plain as words can say it, that cinidren not mouded by Catholicism can .only learn evil, or, at least, are. | much more evil Luan those of Catnohs mould. ‘That Is uodest, tO Hay the least, when we couirast the product of the system **Cathoheus’? deems 0 pers Hous with that thar bas never listened go a word from Komish lips; istauce, Ue seMLOIViliZed Trobpers and cuttiros ot Mexico, the still nore degraded, If possible, hordes of South z Amerisa, ana those other hordes one cav reach in & | | day’s ride from the ciily of New York — ine givbering, iMevish and fantastic heathen thatswarin aloag Lie banks of the St. Lawrence, Is nota tree known by its traity But what is taught in our public schools 13 not What's the matier; it is Whab is not taught, ana that 18 Komanism. ‘This would de done, the Roman Pontiff telis us on every occasion he 1eels called on | to treat the subject, Mo he had the power; and “Cutmolicus,”” with an obetwance like a Hindoo fakir avd & hollow-sounding thuinp on the preast, uliers & dolorous "Amen." These are the people who rewind us so often ol the “riputs aud guarantves of the constitution.” What a blessed coustitution that woult have been had “Ua- tholicus’? and those of his feather pad the framing of i! Sut they seem to eatertain serious doubts of uheir betug enapied to “amend! it very soon, 80 they “demand” sectarian schools a8 the neXt best thug. Sec and thls “demand,” it complied with in the case of Roman Catholics, must be tn une case of Jews and every other sect in onr land. ‘The most precious principle in our constitution would thus become a dead eter, tor children thus “educaied”? woud take it to te ballot box, aud the question would ot be Who is the fitest, but WNO 18 the Cathohet Who is the Protestant? who the Jew? “catho- a8”? tells us Uial “the Cutholle Churea Know! Well that the heart of the young 1s like soit wax,” the Church 18 therefore anxious to secure all of this “soru? material possible to cas’ and cout nits mould. A very natural desire on the part of those With whom Lhe Warmth necessary co a recast (that is, the vebirih spoken of by our Lord, and without which He assures us we cannot enter tue gdom of heaven) 1s rendered a dead jeter, atholicus” Leils us Witat the Word “edneati means:—i) means “leading torth—pudding ? and then Pope's syllavus of 1s64, wht tholivs anno! 8 education — une the juith and power oi the is le way the man sought ta lead his horse into fiving without eating, but when ne thonght he had bim “eduvated” the stupid brate up > man might have been a classmate “Cathoneus”” ta hls favorite “denominauonal ool.” inaily, Will “Catholicus’ tell us wi he con- siders Suould be the central principle of ail true education, especially the spiritual, love or force, and » and The otter ts born Y And, tinaily, jet me tell Satholicus” and his brethren that if they are not very careful they whl see “hard times;” they wil) have ther own chalice pressed to their own lips—the bitterest draugat ever draok by bitcer mortals. They will not only not get “de- houipational schools” supported out of the public funds, but they will be compelled to send their cnit- drea vo the public schools, If tals had beea the law of the land [know of more than one “good Catho- ite,’? born and bred in the United States, who could write their names and “tot up” upon paper tne sum total of turee or four items, a feat that 1s now 4s unpossible to them as to draw aman throngh a single haly of his beara, PATRICK WELCH, Pope Joun. To THE Epitor oF THE HERALD:— In last Sunday's issue of the HERALD there is alet- ter from *‘Veritas,” on the above subject, airecting your readers to the Catholic World for an expiana- tion of the above, but allow me to direct them to wr. Milner’s “End of Religious Cousroversy,”” where a fuller account can be found of the expioded fable, ‘The story rans thus:—Iin the ninth century there wasan Englishwoman, wuo was born at Mentz, that studied philosophy at Athens, and afterwards taught divinity at Rome, and on the death of Pope Leo, in 855, she Was raised to the pontifical chair, and sometime after, while walking in a religious pro- cession through the city, sie was delivered of a child and the people erected a statue on the spot to coin- memorate the disgracefutevent, Such 1s the story. In the ninth century there Was no scnool of piil- losophy in Athens, bo more than there 1s now, and no woman ever taught divinity at Rome, aud on ime death of Leo his snecessor was canonically elected three days alter; so that left 10 time for the Ponuficate of the fabuious Joan, This 1s proved by several conlempor writers living at the time mn Rome and withesses of the election of Leo's suc- cessor, They Luitprand, liinemar, 4c. The aa- thor of che table Is unknown, and tt was more than two centaries alter the above date before 1t was ever puplisied. Among the learned it was never fora nent belteved, DUBLIENSIS. Se re ~~” Whe Weck of Prayers The exercises of the Week of Prayer will com. Mence to-day, The following is thé programme as recommended by the American Evangelical Al haace;— SUNDAY, JANUARY 7.—Sermons. Subject—“The uth Once Delivered to the Saruts”—the bond of tan s defence binding on all, . God's for flis inercies, persoual, rela- for the maintenance and restora- e and preservation from ijamine and calamities; for spiritual blessings; for the ess of Christ's Kingdom, and for tue uselulaess bristian ministry. Janvary %—Hunuliation—For per. sonal and naiional sins, with acknowledgment of Divine judgments; for weakness oi faith, disobe- dience and worild!iuess in the Charen, with confes. sion of unfaithfalness, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10,.—Prayer—For families; for Uwe conversion of childreu; for the imcrease o! for a blessing on the youti as schools, colleges and universitics, and ai entering upon commercial or professional Quties; and tor sanceifying Of afiiction both to parents and chil- are union among Chr MONDAY, JANUS “unspeakable gift tuuve and national ton of peo ower .--Prayer—for nations, ezpeciaily those recently visited with calamities; 1or kungs and allin authority; for the prevaience of peace in the counsels of statesmen; for righteous- s#, harmony and good-will among all Classes; for the spread of sound knowledge and for God's bless. lags upon special eiforts to resist the progress of infidelity, snperstition, mtemperance and other kinds of immorality. DAY, JANUARY 12—Prayer—for the Christian * that He wouid make all his gooduess to pass before Church aad Mumistry; for transiators of the Hol re my Scriptures into rarontchy Longues; for societies, com! | him—goodness bopion Mhewd leading aturibute of the mmittees and authors engaged in Cristian Work. Almighty, 18 not such a conception of the Godhead SATURDAY, JANUARY 13--Prayer—for the outpour- im harmony with science and philosophy? Aud ing of the Holy Spirtt; for the Increase ot Christian | HH God Mm | perpetually active, | He is 4 God. pve and holy zeal; for all missionaries at home and | Pf WWwerty and of jove. ant the shackles of abroad; for all Christians exposed to ual and per. | Fanny and | Of | slavery. ot eerenvences auoh: for the prevalence of retigious liberty; for | Tisaprear in. His preseace, Love iit neon the extension of the edeemer's Kingdom through. | ARC et Way iecau yy gee out the world, and the union of all believers 1M | the seranuer that is Within thy gates alse becuane iver and effort for God's glory. ea Senpay, JANUARY L.—Sermons—"Thy Kingdom ‘hy Wil be done on earth as It ts 1a heaven,” 10, ngewenis have been made for a General Union service in uns etty dally at te formed church, Fifth avenue, corner of Twen- ly-tirst v (Kev. Dr Rogers’), to be presiaed over from day to day by clergy- ten of different devomtoations. The ex vounmence day lrce o'viock, OU ye he day or evening by te several churches We would call atteation t elit during Lue We ty at ihe cha) Felt, corner of ec mectings forladies, nto one O'Clock rowtway fy avenue wad Trorty-fourtt Sixth Bible Soviet Amerion . ‘The stated meeting of the Board ot mers Was heid at the Bible House, Astor place, on ‘Thursday, 40 inst., at half-past tree o'clock + Frederick S. Wynston, Vice Prestdent, im the chair, ase sisted by A. Robertson Walsh ana Richard Pp, Buek, Vice Presidents, Rev. Dr. Holdin 1 a part of the 19th P mt offered prayer. One new auxilary Was recognized, Witch 14 in New Jersey. Commuitications were received ivom Mr, ADUrew M. Milne, agent tu Uruguay, In regard’ fo Bivie chstibution at the Exposinon at Cordova; irom Kev. A. G. Blacklord, io Jaueire, as to Lore work mm Brazil; from Rey, A. Bustinell, Gaboon, aeknowi edging (he receipt of books in tue Mpongwe ian- guage, recentiy printed at the bible House; trot dir, 7. P. Dardier, Geneva, with an account of ‘Brole dis trioacion in behai€ of the Ame @iuong returned French prisoners; Messmore, Lucknow, as to Bible Work ut indi: m Kev, D. W, Thomas, Bareilly, oa the sam trom, Per Vaimquist, Stockholm, vorning thanks for a grant of funds re. » the Baplist Missionary Cnion, for Bible work in Sweden, A lclter Was presented rom the Bible society of Virginia, returning cordial thanks for agrant of $5,000, 14 DOOKS, Lo ald In the resupply Of the Stat Grauts of books were made to Friends’ i men’s Association of Philadelphia; to the Presby- terian Board of MfSstons, and many others of smatier amount, Including auxiliary socteties at the South aod in the burned region inthe Northwest. ‘The total number of volumes granted is 6,282, including twenty-two in raised Jetiers for the bind, besides other books to the valne of $200, ‘The frst ert in the new year was vacy Jarge. WMG RIGAUD BH DED) 1an is the proper word; | two | Re- | speak of Judaisin a8 a temporary dispensuuor, as | if the dispensation of love and THE EPIPHANY. Celebration of the Festivals in Episcopal and Catholic Churches. in the circte ef feasts witn which tne Church welebrates the principal circumstances of the Saviour’s life, or honors those who during lute honored Him, there are but a few mat can take precedence of the feast of the Epiphany, either in the interesting story | which te 11s foundation or im the manner of its ob» servance by the Church, The celebration in the ; Catholic and Episcopal Churches of this city yester- | day was as usual general, and in some instances | surrounded with all the associations which are usuaily availed of on the greatest festivals of the year. In the Church of the Epiphany, Second avenue, near Twenty-nrst street, the services were of te | grandest and most solemn character, High mass commence’ at halispast ten o'clock, the Kev. Fa Surtseil officiating as celebrant, Re | Facher Preudergast ax deacon and’ Rev. Father Loughran as subGeacon, ‘The altars | were in a blaze of lgnt, and flowers | and Christmas greens were protusely scattered ta every avallabie place, the entire sanctuary present. | ing ‘a scene of brilliancy that musi néeds have | sugge sted some On the Vir- | em’ altar the Christmas crib still remained, and on | thts altar the forty hours?’ adoraiion is to be held until to-morrow mor ning. At one part of the | | ceremony a procession marched around the chureb, | In which about seventy voung girls, dressed in White | | and witn bouquets i their bands, took part, After the first Gospel the Kev. Father O'Farrell. | Sr, preached on the Epiphany. In the evening tie courch was literatly packed in every mech of room, and hundreds were obliged to remain | | outside the doors, unable to gain adimisston—the | | great attraction being the discourse, as announced mm ule forenoon, by the Rev. vr. AicGlynn, pastor of St. Stephen's, The high order of eloquence lor | whieh tus clerg 1s so deservedly adinii ; and the great v for whi 0 ee rever | him were both united on tits o on, and perhaps one of the most beavutul pulpit orations ever deliv~ | | ered In this city was that given in this charel last | evening. Not nutiliongafter the ceremony of ves- pers Was over dil the people leave the church, | crowds still lingerimg about the altar on which the | Forty Hours! Adoration was being celebrated. The | | music, both at high mass and vespers, Wis excel- jent In St. Stephe! holic chureh the same { number of ated aS on Sundays, the high mass peing at hali-past ten A.M. Vespers e alvernoon, aud citer that the rev- pain the con ‘e Roman C: | Tesstonals until midns) | all the other Catholic churen as oo Sundays. In the Episcopal enurches the festival was also | honored with services of ibe greatest solemnity, AG | ‘Trinity the service was intoned by the Kev, Mr. Fer- guson, the lessons were read by the Rey, Messrs, Maynard and Penniston and the prayers and creed | sung by the Kev. Mr. Kember; Rev. or, Dix performed the communion The an- them was from = “‘Isaiah,"? A fall choir sung the “Te Deum Jubilate’ in At Christ there was iorning prayer, a sermon, and late service Bishop Potter oficiated In the | pervices wer oO heid im Joho’s. In St. Luke's church, there was an evening service, ab which the Kev, Dr. Osgood preacheu, THIRDY-COURTH STREET rvices the same thi service. YAGOGUE, What Judaism Is, and Where and by Whom Preached=?the Sermon on the Mount Noth ing New~Dr. Vidaver on Christ and Moses. Yesterday the Congregation Boat Jeanurun began the reading in course of the second Hook of the Pen- | tateuch (Exodus), from the second chapter and tenth verse of which the Rev. Dr. Vidaver dis- coursed eloquently on the relative merits of Judatsin | and Christianity, showing that the latter bas noth- | ing good save what it has derived froin the former. | ‘The text describes the finding of Moses and his | | | adoption by the daughter of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, who named nim Moses because she had taken him out of the water, ‘he very first page of this second book of the law, said the Rabbi, is emblazoned with a name which no Israelite should pronounce without feelings of admirauon—Moses. What sanctifying thouguts and heaven-born luspirations are in’ that name, aud , what soothing Consolations it suggests! Not only is the moral grandeur of Israel, but THE RICHES! BLESSINGS OF HUMANITY, even the salvation of mankind, are associated with that name, ‘the ancient ravbies teil us that when Moses was bora bis face was radiant with a divine giory, and the room was illumined with a supernat- ural light—a symbol of the light of divine truth and love wnich was alterward revealed to Moses, and througa him to israel, and through Israel to man- kind, aad waich, like yonder orb of day, has bright ened and cheered the world. In the burning bush God revealed himsel! to loses, bul the bush was not consumed, The fame of idolatry aione consumes, and leaves notning butashes behind; but the flame of love and truth shines, but aoes’ not consume. When Moses came down from the mount with the two lables of the law his aise shoue with a | divine glory. 1 was not the mission of Moses. merely to raise his own people to the acme of (rue ‘faith, but those bles which be bore | from Mount Simai were tue foundation upon | which humanity should be Iitted up and be mace to stand firm and sure, He was to elevate mankind im general, and the mstitutions founded by Aoses were to breatie ie and peace to ail men. Whether we view MOSES AS A WARRIOR, A legislator or a poet, or mm whaiever light we look at him, he mustexcite our warmest admiration. He 18 ;reav nov only in comparison with the an- cients, but as measured by modern standards of cul- ture. ‘Tne religion given by iim to lsrael—tie unity of God, an invisible and indivisible being, together with the unity and harmony of the human race, the purest conception of the sou! when invigorated by jatta and charity, and ts the only religon which can spread its w@gis over Mankind and have notluug to fear from science or philosophy or modera in- nielixy, ‘he more science and philosophy are de- veloped the more shall Judaism be exalted. and yet Moses is not raised to the point of mysticism to be akind of God-man. No proptet has ever ap- peared like unto him, and yet he was the meekest of men, flesh and blood like ourselves, We theretore worship not Moses nor any man born of woman, but we worship the true God. We are not Mosaites, but Israelices. Moses was great in every aspect of Iife—as a prince iu Egfpt, as a shepherd tn the deserts of Arabia was a divine ‘islator to Israel. Love and trath were distinctiye eléments of his character, Abraham was our father after tne flesh, bui Moses is our moral father. Love and truth are the foundations of Judaism, and those Who preach these things spread God's biessings to mankind. The heart of Moses was filled with these emotions, and he forsook a royal palace that he might share the fate or relieve the sorrows of lis brethren in slavery. He fuds Midiniusn women at the well, and he draws water for thetr flocks, He 1s great who can assist the small. He is strong wio heips the weak. And Moses has taught us that GOD 13 NOT A LOCAL OR A NATIONAL GOD, bat tuat He 1s the Great J Am, the omnipotent, om- niscient Creator and Ruler of All. When Moses asked to see Mis Glory Adonai-Jehoval declared ye Were sirangers, and all ar ‘Three thousand one hand since these commandmer Israel, and yer how few Jewisn ClYLuZauon. ne children of God. years uve passed | ts were ZIVeN bY Muses to nations have attained to Meu of culiure will sometimes trath and virtue could be temporary or transient. No; te grass may wither and the flower iade, but the Word of the Lord abidetn forever. Judaism ts the only far wh iis upevery chasin, [i cannot aud wil not cease. [Cis absurd Lo suppose Mat with the advent of Ciristanity Were arst manifesied to the world tne elements of Jewish fuith—iove and truth and mere: and goodness, We ussert that ail laugnt and believ iong, long ethe d vega ius munistry. ‘There is not a trata in TUE “SREMON ON THE MOUNT which every little chid in Jerusalem did. not kuow by neart log bei The Docvor then referred wo the byrauuy Of so-called Onrist waufestedt for ceatures in tae Luquisition, te roof st. Bartnoiomew’s day aud or tie Walieuses, aud of Jews and Chrisuians alike. ‘The Inqubition cease d in Spain only i 1810, ne said, alt | had destroyer 4,459,000 souls, We dels any student of hate Suid the Doctor, to Show anything like buts in dud ism, ‘That Caristanity whieh is bul a fart imat tie of Jndaism ould not have p ated Ut | crimes, ‘They are the outgrowth ¢ orvid fanatte | clam born m Lie bral Ot priests—-a system ware | a ates divinity and makes picce of fesh—a dogmatism winch laches tat religion can be had | only 1a one certan ite; tat the Keys of heaven are | given io one individual and not fo wnotner, and That Gort ts not one, but many. Such a system ts not the offspring of Judaism, and 1 Mis anew dispensauion altogether, and | os ri bove the name and wore ty aryvot Christianity, In an edt lina leadag twas stated th: JUDAISM HAS PF iper of this Clty on December PAD OURISHED AND SO. Judiism sill hourishes wherever love and fh and goodness are preached, Whether in Ute Magnificent church iu Fifth avenue, or m 1H village chapel, or in the hailw of justice or jegisiadom where liberty tor wil is declared, may tell me tat you dont hear otwer Rabois preach this kind of Judaism, ‘They talk of siain ) and gots, and lambs, and imposing eremonials Dou't talk to me, sald the 1octor, about such things ‘They were given for one age and were prese Wn greater eniture and en: lightenment prevatied, But the trae Judaism of th Bible is jove, and truth, and justice, and goodness and mercy 10 alt, until the Knowledge of the Lol shall cover the earth as the vw: cover the great deep. Then shail the Gentiles remember the law of Moses, the servant of Got, and be convinced Eat 6 Vedas As Met fourisngd aud falick Hut some of you = | @reat advance to ‘ the original ten, j ing placed thein ou the holy table, he again 1u- THE RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS. Why the Festival is Held on the 6th of January. Religious Observance of the Day in the Russian- Greek Chapel—An Account of the Orthodox Greco-Sclavonic Service—The Chapel and Its Appearance—Imitation of the Roman Catholic Mass—Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Bjerring—A Dash at Popu- ler Preachers—The Duke Alexis’ Birthday. Yesterday the Greek Catholic Church celebrated its, Christmas, In order to understand how it js tnat the observance of the great festival is not uni- form all over the worid 1t 1s necessary to go back to | far remote ages, when the measurement of ume Was Imperfect, thougn founded upon the basis upon which it sull rests, At the very earliest period we find that the changes of the moon supplied a mode of reckoning time, and thus that months and the Jarger division, the year, were accepted. But it was soon found that the year did not correspond exactly with the montis, and hence SUPPLEMENTARY DAYS were needed, Tne Egyptians determined their year by the seasons and had to have five supplementary days; the Jewish year consistei, as now, of twelve lunar months, thus causing a great variacion in the number of days in the year; tne Greeks had . ‘ EI — ea en from us? Well, then, who means his SASHING BANE ROW. Jet him follow the sweet volce of the Sa' ‘Thou eternal fount of ‘iife! ‘what couldst Thou A our respira ion should be i Banko hyinn ol, brats Year we ‘noe ‘Thy ae at the Third one: agence . feast yer am Payments and Siig! \batement © ‘Thou Lion of Sudan) het hot the thunder oF thy <e a Jadgment break uj us yet. Have uence with us. Remove all hindrances, Make Thou Thy way In our hearts until we have all found indeed & Peace which the world cannot give. ‘The attendance at the service was as large as the chapel could possibly allow, many persons of o.uer religious denominations veing present, Mr. Byer= Ting has @ service open to all every Sunday morn- ing, beginning at eeven A, M.. und on tne 4th inst, the birthday of the Grand Duke Alexis, an especial mass Will be said. On Board the Russian Meu-of-War. ‘The festivities of the day commenced at an early hour on board the men-of-war Svetlana, Abreck and Bogatire, now in our harbor. The former being the flaship, they were more impressive among her officers and crew than on the others, alihough upon each they were of me most interesting haracter. ‘The crew of tne Svetlana gathered ‘on the decks at nine orclock, when prayers were read and the time- honored services of tue Greek Church suitably cele- brated. One hour after the crew and oficers, at the Soon as full justice was done to it, they formed in lune on the alter deck und national anthem. — All sailors marines were dressed in brignt uniforms, ana presented a handsume appearance, At noon the officers and men were again addressed by the Captam, who wished thein a pleasant day, the best of health and sale return to their country and - homes, ber of the saliors,' who found: their way to the city, where they attracted much attention in Strolling through the principal streets, ‘Those who ed on board enjoyed themselves in singing, playing and dauciug, and seemingly @ better sutis- fied and jollier 10¢ of seadogs could not be ea=ily twelve lunar months in the year, but though Solon sought to equalize the differences that arose, and an Intercalary month was introduced every eight years, yet the <«diMculties were still un- settled, ‘I'he Romans, too, atthe earliest times were obliged to introduce intercalary months. ‘The first the perfection of the pres- ent system was made in 46 B, C., by Julius Cwsar, who gave the months the number of days they still have, and made every fourth year a leap year. There was sitll a want, however, but whe Juuan system continued until 1682 A. ., when it was found that there was an error of ten complete days. ‘The Cathohe Church had during al) this period been | Suffering great inconveniences on account of the | shifting of the days, the vernal eqainox getting a | constantly changeable date, TO POPE GREGORY THE XII. belongs the honor of the system of reckoning time as it now almost universaliy is observed. He | caused to be deducted trom the year 1582 ten days. | and ordained thet every hundredth year should not | be counted as @ leap year, excepting every four hundredth year; beginning with 2000, This method, the result of deep thongnt and arduous | labor, prevents a greater difference occurring bevween the civil and the natural year than one day in 6,000 years, The Catholic world at once ac- knowledged the J’ope’s adjustment, but the Protes- tants of the low coantries opposed the plan until | 1700, when they yielued. But not unul 1751, how- ever, did England acquiesce in the new arrange- ment, Popedom bemg an especial object of that country’s hatred in those times, Russia is now the only country in the world that adheres to the Jujian mode of reckoning time; and, being obliged to add two days, on account of the two centuries that have in the meantime begun, to 1 follows that this year and throughout this century her Church must celebrate Christmas twelve days after the rest of the world 13 auly settled into the new year. Christmas service al the Russian-Greek chapel in Second avenue yesterday was in accord: ance With usual rites, thougn notuag especial was added to the ordinary ceremonies, except a sermon to English by the pastor, the Rev, Mr. Byerring. No doubt were the service performed in a suitable church 1t would be far more imposing, yet the little chapel is very neatly arranged, and, lighted only by the tapers betind the holy table, 1s not void of that dreamy duskiness which THE MONKS OF OLD so much loved. The vestments worn by the priest were gorgeous, being iwil of gold and silver orna- mentation. The first garment pat on is a silver cloth alb, then the cincture. then the stole, next an ornament on the wrist corresponding to the Roman Catholic maniple, and over all the cuasubie, a mag- nificently decorated vesture. ‘ihe altar appurte- nances and. we cloths used in the mysteries were also of a costly sort. Tie lItturgy opened | with the readimg of prayers m Eugish and Russian. Afver the third anuphon the priest proceeded with the Book of Gospes through the north portion of the sanctuary, the assistant carry- lug a ligated taper betore him, and thas made what 18 called the “ittule eutrance.” ‘neepistie was then read by the assistant, and the priest incensed the holy \abie and the whole sanctuary. Then the priést read the Gospel and soon went to tne holy uesk. After arranging the chatice and disk (th gold place on which is placed the bread), and hav- censes the sanctuary; then, singing the “Cherubun Hymn” and proceeding to consecrate, THE WORDS OF CONSECRATION, uttered in aloud voice, Were:—*Take and eat. This is My body, which is broken for you for the rem sion of sins,” And again-~ ‘Drink ye all of this. This is My blood of the new ‘Testament, which 1s shed for the remission of sins, Other prayers sup- orting these texts followed, and the priest then woke the bread into our parts, continuing 10 read prayers. The next noticeable feature was tne blessing given with a Jarge gold cross, During the service the doors of the sauctuary were several times clo: especiaily while the more solemn parts were beltg periormed, Genuflexions and kissing of wig boly table were also to be ob- served, ‘The entire CEREMONIES SEEMED TO BE AN INVITATION, as ‘ol course they were, of those of the Catholic Church, but lucked the splendid and astouuding, solemn harmony of the lutter. The President of the United States, the Czar, Chambers of Congress and ali Christians were several times prayed for. immediately before the benediction the pastor ad- dressed te congregation as foltows:— To-day we celebrate the nativity of our most glorious Redeemer. Praise be to Gou on gh, ine Saviour is born, We have now short days, long nights. So 1t was When Christ cae on earth; so it looks yet in every heart where as yet nothing has been experienced of the incarnauon of God. It 13 winter in the hearts betore the sun of righteous: ness begins to shine in it. But the Sun or Life has risen upon the poor human race. AS now the sun beguis to come nearcr to the earth, if one can ‘thus say, for Une shortest day is already past, so m Christ the sun of souls has risen upon the | world and nas come near to us—that | sun which revives ail illumimes, and warms all, without which all remains death and benumbed in sin. What # benefit has been done to us, inasmuch #s the Son of God became man ! Where shail we dnd words to praise God suficiently for His eternal mercy? Oh, must biessed Saviour, to-uay THE ORTHODOX CELEBRATES THY NATIVITY. Give us, then, ® true Christmas gift, Look upon our poverty, Beboid now cold and dreary our hearts appear. We aji need a renovation im our souls, Give us, then, O Lord, what we need, on account of ‘Thy holy imcarnation, ‘Fear not.’ ‘Thus commenced the words of the angel vo the irignienea shepherds, They were watching their fucks on the field, When all at once a heavenly light spread around them, It became as light as the sua in the middie of the night of darkness. The light of the Lord illuminates tuem and a Heavenly messen- ger approacied them, Then they were afraid. on account of sim the mortal body is airaid if anything irom a higher sphere approacnes him. But the heavenly apparacion said, “Be not afr: Since by sin man has seperated trom God he afraid of ‘We jndgment of God, ‘Tiis state iinds its true cause & guuty conscience. AS long as the soul 3 not tasted of reconciliation by the cross of Christ it ams insupportabie fear of God. There is no trust Dot the least. Know very well that the so-called enlightened Christianity of to-day denies this truth at the prese ent time, It speaks of a good Father in beaven, Wo Is 80 gooU thai He joves everything, it speaks of human iratties, with which the good God is not so strict. Ib Speaks of ali Lnings save only of sin. Dearly beloved in the Lord, be not deceived by such words, Si is $i, In spite of all the world says; for the day ol judgment will come when THE DECK before the judgment of th destrection will fall in " such the nativity of the Lord ts aday of fear, you LE hope this day Is uot a day of fear, but of joy. hold’ Loring unto you tidings of great joy,’ said Lie angel. “But not only to the suepherds was tits message given, but to the whole human race. ‘Therefore snail this message be preached to the Whole earth, “Behold! bring unto you udings of great joy.” Oh, what is Ung poor earth without Mmese words of redemption’ Ts there a single faim- lily Where notuing jus tO pe lamented, nothing to be wished On the dust of foregoing genera tions ‘we stand, and Wantto ould our happiness on it, Gur suc will stand on our dust. One generation after the other imust pass through the pain of this lie, through the fear of death. Where are the happy ones of the earth of Whom so much is said’ Of them L have yet seen none; but many | have seen who have envied their neighbors for some good for+ tune which they possessed not, Who have wished for @ state of life whico 13 not to be found nere. Beloved in the Lord, there is no happiness on earth jike the peace of God through Jesus Unrist. There- fore our hearts rejoice that our Saviour is born to-lay lo save our sorls—not so much of our owa corporal misery, for that comes to an end of itself some day, but from the dominion of sin, M any one without h could save him and would be willing 10 doit, woutd he not then rejoice with all his hearty But we ali are thé persons im prison—we are the children of md death. death, Jesus Js Our Saviour, Shall we reject Him ' D. D,; Rev. Wilke Adiaiidtig D. Hoy 8! of liberty, and he heard of a man who | with useful and found. ANOTHER STATION HOUSE MYSTERY. A Prisover with a fractured Skull Thrust into a Cell—His Release and Subsequent Death—suspicion that He was Clubsed=in- vestigation betore Corence Keenan. It 18 only three or four weeks since that a poor hackinan was found inebriated and almost in- sensible In the street and taken to tne Nine- teenth precinct station house. lt subse- quently apppeared that the man had a fractured skutl, and death ensued the day following, In Belevue Hospital. The fact of the fatal injuries the man had received did not transpire at the station house, notwithstanding a medical ex- amination was made, and it was rumored that de ceased bad been clubbed by the police, but no proof Was adduced to show It, A somewhat sinthir case, occurring in Captain Gunner's precinct, was yesterday brought to the ate tention of Coroner Keenan, at the City Hall. Ava late hour last Sunday night Henry swansey, | @ single man, 38 years of age, born tn Ireland, by vccupation a baker, and iiving at avenue, Was abroad sceing the oid y new year i, ear out and the A policeman of the Nineiventi pre- his rounds met Swansey in Sixty- > hear Second avenue, maki considerable noise and arresied hum on 8 charge of intoxication wand aisorderly conduct, — Me had @sculp wound, which & surgeon has called to dress, and after remuiming tn a ceil clit six o’ciock ip the morning was iaken before 4 magistrate, fined and discharged. Aller reaching tome Swauscy complatued very much with pain in tis head, and, growing worse justead of tier, his brotuer on ‘Thursday last removed him to Belleyae Hospital, Medical and surgica: uid proved of no avai, and death ensued on rriday. Dr. Cushing, one of the hospital surgeons, yes- lerday made 4 post-mortem examination on the body, and discovered thal te ticles were tull of serum and some indarmaiory sofiening of the base of the brain. ‘The: ait scalp wound op the vortex, not com) tg With any fissure of the cranium; there ® & issue of the base, running Jrom the rigs plate backwaras through the firm por 1 the Yentperal bone; tere was another tiss) ve other side Just benind the front portion bi Most of the internal gue condition. In the docto: = 6 from adema of the lungs, ‘tne \¢ braun, owing to meningitis jnjury to the skull aud 3 caused, apparently, by a ou Fy ‘all on the voriex.?? The brother of decease:\ yesterdey told Coroner Keenan that be had hee! sinofy of nls Jatner having been clubved 6) Mew making the arrest, but knew of » tne alleged violence mio! In tume to the relations © s witnesses in the case journed tl Wednesd: Captain Gunner, wo Le Swausey’s death, will ais witnesses and have them in attendance ai the time appointed. it 18 but due to the ofiver whe arrested deceased to say that he denies most emphatiouwly using hs club upon him, and staies the! the 3 no neces- sity for so domg. ARE were 10 a healthy jon “death resuited ompression of the ‘d resalteg from the juasion of the brain, order to as he prisoner juyestigation was ad- t in tae give RACE, RRABY The Police Force aud «ll the stables After a fiona of Country Excited=—Al) Join | A most exciting ocr Island City on Friday .iernoon, which for a time mace it provable that a tragedy would follow. It seem that a few days before Onristmas sneak thieves visited Astoria, and after steaung from a ~pecial Cone Pbleves—The » Uhuse. number of stores brought up clothing house, where they made quite a haw, taking pants, coats and other clothing, during te absence of McCauley and his clerks in the back room. On Friday they again made their appearance at the same place, and, although in disguise, were recognized by one of the clerks, Wao hastened ont to notify Mr. McCauiey. During bs absence the two tiieves secreted about their person two pairs of pants each. On McCanley’s return iis second loss was ascer- tained, He immedately ran to a stable, jumped upon a barebacked horse, and, armiug liseli! with a shotgun, started in pursuit, alarming the entire Village, Others followed, and by the time they arrived at the stauion house, on sroadway, 2 dozen horsemen had joined the cavalcade, and from thirty to forty on foot. ‘Tne entire available police force jomed the army; nearly every one was armed with some kind of a weapon. At this time te thheves were discovered on ihe oppo- site side of Sunswick Creek, they having crossed by some unaccountable means. If pursutt were made by way of the bridge the thieves nad at least a mile and a naif start; yet they were within guns shot reach of the party, aud a fasilade was traine- diately commenced, but, owing to the poor marks- men, the thieves were in little dan At this junction the party divided—some of the Norsemen going the route by Sunswick’s Bridge, while tne remainder took the Dutch Kills road. ‘Those of the fooumen wno did not follow the horse- men forded amid the floating ice. As the party neared Dutch Kihs the pursuers had increased vo full 500 men, either mounted or on toot, aud the firing constantiy kept upon the fugitives seemed luke the file tring of a regiment. The theves had now reached Dutch” Kills, where we entire community seemed to be out of dours, OL course the fugitives Were soon jost in the crowd, and a close search was found necessary to be mad tnrough every house and barn, Everything wintci would Interfere wita the officers was thrown in tie way by the female portion of the community, and it was feared the men would escuve, One of the wen had been wounded, as biood was tracked me the ground, Finally Oimicer McManus puiled one of the men from the hayloft of the stable of Mr. McDonnelly, and upon him were found t pants stolen by tlm at the first raid. Nothing could be Juund of tne other man, although he was wounded, and tt is supposed dan- gerously, The oMcers were yesterday searching tor him, butin vain, tt 1s supposed he ts coucealed in some of the houses. The man arrested gave his name ax Andrew Weish, from Blissville, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS FOR TRENTON, ‘The question of government buildings for Trenton again occupies attention. At the Board of Trade on ‘Tarsday night the question was discnased and a meeting of the most influentias ettivens resolved on, Which Was’ held lust evening (saturday), Congress — appropriated $109,000 for the ground and wuildings, bot that is found not to be sufficient, and it is now asked that the appropriation be increased to $400,000. fin provement of the Lavigulion ot the River Delaware was also under discussion, and the necessity of clearing the channel up to Trepton a8 also Ww be forced on the attention of tie national government When the commissioners were appoiied to select a site for the public builaings they could not agree on @ location, and ail who had sultebie lols to sell asked prices that were pertectly labulous, Tue meeting last Might adopted a memorial asking for ine larger appropriation named, THE ORTHOPEDIC DISPENSARY. ‘The public are invited to atvend the annual festi- val of the Orthopedic Dispensary (for the treatment of diseases of the spine ana hip joint), at the Seventy-first regiment armory, corner of Thirty- AIxth street and Browlwyay, at two o'clock ths afternoon. ‘The Trusices have provided a collation for about three hunared children, the patients of the institution, and large trees Will be Med appropriate presents, Addresse: Will be delivered explanatory of the onjects of un Dispensary and its mode of treatment by Dra, John ‘T. Meteall and ©. KR. Agnew, Rev. Ste} ri Fea ‘tyng, sane table, partook of a sumptuous repast, and, so | sung the Russian | and He then excused a large num- | 1,134 Second | who had seen | Meantime | shali certify to be just and reasonable; but not mn novded of Mr, | once in tvo years shall avy savings bank be lab. Watsy.red in Long | the Excitement—Deposits Made Yere terday—The Law on the Affairs r of Savings Institutions. An hour or two before daylight yesterday the doi positors began to assemble at the eptrance to tq Third Avenue Savings Bank, and there was steady increase m the nmumoers until fi minutes after seven o'clock, when there were fully’ tweive or thirteen nundred present, Many, themselves so far removed in the lines from tha door, left disgusted, and as they departed ouners took their places. At ten o'clock, when the institue | tion opened, there were not more than eight | nme hundred persons present. About two Rune dred were admitted and payments pi slowly until about one o'clock, when & poster dew claring that all who could be paid before three o'clock had been admiued was put oot, This quickly thinned ous the crowd, and durlug the reset ol the afternoon tiere were not present more ‘two hundred and fifty at apy one ti In the two hours from one to tree but thirty five persons were pald, although some presented! three or four books, In the evening the doors opened at six and payment continued unul eighty when another cara was posted stating that de« Positors would be paid again at ten A. M. Monday... Fulty persons who w turned out at three appai@ Were given licke‘s that gave them precedence in they night payments. About one hundred and sixty Were paid during the day. President Syms reports that about $1,350,000 was paid out up to yesterday morning, and provably $100,000 or $150,000 yesterday, 80 that they bave about half a million still on hand, Yesteraay they received $260,000 of tis sum from the Wark Ba Where they made deposits, air, Syms reports Hi not a cent has been secured from other savings banks, althougu aid has been tendered. For several days persons have deen in the crowd! buying up books, and it is reported that a wilkmanm bas purchased $16,0) worth Of deposits. Du: the day several deposits were made, and about seven o'clock eight dropped Mm, all ma row, with bank books and money, deposited the latter, pock- eted thelr books and left. About seven o’ciocK in the eventing Sapere; intendent Howeli entered by the side voor, and Was fur some thue im conversation with We trustees, At the rate the establisument ts liquidat-) ing its indebtedness, they will have sufficrent vast on hand to pay lor Laree days more, The iuswes , declare they Will inash the raid’? wile Lue, defeat the ring that they avow caused the ron. fou he Jovowing is the special act passed rast sessiont for the , EXAMINATION OF SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS SxcrION 1. Section 3 of chapter 136 of the Laws of 185% in hereby amended so us to read as follows:— Sec, 5. Itshali be the duty of the Superiniendent of Dnpartn often as once in two yi eit n pe pointed for that the her amine every savings banks or institution j that shail” be organized "4 this State, and the results of snch eswmination’ shall be embodied in his annual report concerning, savin, banksrequired by this act to be submitted to the Legislatures | And whenever any savings bank or institution for saving | aball fail to make w report In compliance with thin act, Of whenever the Superiatendent shall any savings bank or institution for savings 18 loaning or in= ing money in violation of its cbarter or 0° law, or fy cons ducting business in an unsafe manner, it shall likewise be hit | duty, either in person or by one or more competeut persont by nln appoluted, to visit and thoroughly #un alaire and transactions of such Jostitution; ant whenever! it shall appeur to the Superintendent, from aby examinauiont of wve reason to believe that made pursuant to the provisions is section, that any savings bank or itnstitation vin, has been guilty of 4 violation of iis charter! | or of law, or is conducting business in an unsaie manner, he shall, by an order under bis uana and seal of ty addressed to the tu'sitution so offending, di , discontinuance of # h illegal or unsafe practices, aod @ { contormity with the irements of 1» cheater’ and of [aw, and with and security in transactions; and whenever any savings bank or inatis ball refuse or ‘neglect to comply witht such order, enever it shall appear to the Superine tendent taat it fe unsafe or inexpedient for any savings baal or institution for savings to continue to trapaact business, bi shall commuricate that fact to the Attorney Genera’, W! duty ft shall ten be to institute such proceeuings agains! such savings bank or institution, for savi as now or may. be hereatter authorized by law fi case of insolveut corporations, The Superintendent of the Banking Department aud ue _persor Or perso ns that may be appointed by him to examiue thé aftaira of any savings bauk, shall have power w oat y person whose testimony may be req! ch examination, and compel the appearance an an Attendance ot any sich persoa” for the, purpose such examination, by summons, gubpena or attach< ment in the manuer now arthorized in respect vol the atiendance of persons ag witnesses in the co of this Stare; and all books and papers which it ma: deemed necessary to examiue by the Superintendend or the examiners $0 appointed shall be prodneed, and production may be cumpelied {n like mauner. of any examination inade in pursuance of the pi this act shail be paid by the savings bauk or insti savings so examined, in such amount as the examined, exce See.3. Uh at the expense of the State. et sbull lake effect immediately. SING SING PRISON MATTERS, iu the Mu arden—Tno non—Discharge of Desivable Cb: poiatment of from the Uri Sneak ‘thie: Now that the action of the State Prison Inspecte ors bus fuduced Edward Russell to tender his resige 2 Notorious, nation as agent aud warden of Sing Sing, Prison, a feeling of undisguited — satisiace tion is experienced by the surround ing community, whose intimate knowledge of the laxity of discipline among the convicts fort ia =McCauley*s | nearly two years past has been to them a constant source of uneasiness and apprehension. Jndeed, 16 was not unusual for heads of families livmg ip thet Neighborhood of Sing sing village to see that theists firearms were la proper condition before retiring for the might, wot knowing but that ere the mornd ing dawned they would nave to re; an attack by a band of wunciamed felons To put it miidly, Russell has beem | Sluguiarly unfortunate in his adminwiwahon of; atfuirs ai the nnporiant institution named, and not) only fatled to gain the coutidence of those residing} in the vicinity of the prison, but also rorivited, to a, | great extent, that feeling of deferential iear on thes part of the convicis themselves, without which prison government is avsolutely impossivie. 1 14, generally admiticd that the Inspectors e acted wisely and for the best interests of the state im appointing to the position indicated Mr, H. C, Nel sun, of Sing Sing, a former agents ana warden, who, during his somewhat brief term of ofice,. evinced unmistakabie proofs of administrative ability, coupled with & firmness Jrom which somet of Lue most desperate characters lu tbe prinon have shrunk abashed. Warden Nelson, whose suretic nave already been accepted, Will center upon his duties next Wednesday morating. A convict named James Cassidy, sentenced tar New York for burgiary a week or ten uuys since, evaded the vigilauce of his Keeper a mybt or tw ago, when, instead of being locked up, he conceal himselt on the prison grounds, and, when darkness set tu, betook limscif to more congenial quarters. It 1s understood that the escaped jallbird was nog missed until about twenty-lour hours alter hig dis appearance, Cassidy was pardoned vat of Auburit Prison about six months ago, fi Chauncey Johnson, the daring sneak thief Wha roboed a safe in the oiice of the Fittu Avenue Hater - some (welve months since, Was discharged from the prison on Friday, Beiore leaving the viliaze of Sing. Sing he was heard couiplaining or a | of funds,, and aiso that he “must have $1,000 by Satarday | night.” The police woud do Well to keep an eye on “MMr.”? Johnson. ARMY OFFICERS AND THE HONORS OF WAR, To THE Eprror oF THe HeRaLD:— Since section 16 of the act approved Jniy 16 ° 1870, relating to brevet rank in the army, went ino operation, officers nave virtually lost thei identity. Instead of being Known officially ana sucialy by | Qne military title—that of the highest rank actualy | maid by them, whether by brevet or ovnerwise, Wwaich Was former.y indicated by the vevice on the shoulder strap—they are now addressed by about all the titles enumerated in the army regulations. ‘This stripping off “the honors of war,” besides producing “confiston worse confounded,” has \ had @ very damaging effect om ihe esprit militaire—& quauty so essential to the efficiency of the army, In. mute disgast’ officers endure the hamiliation Of @ war record biotehed py: the operation of a law which they feel never could have veen passed as & separate measure upon ut own merits, Such officers as Wright, Newton, Warren, Foster, Weitzel, Emory, Reyunits, Crooks, Davis, Parke, ‘Stanley, Gibvon, Granger, Havens, Carr, Sturgis, Upton, Custer, Gregy, Hatch, riers son, Grover, Mackenzie, Carleton, blow, Paimer,, King, MoCook, Crittentien, Pennypacker, Potter, Miles, Woods, Barry, Hunt, Ayres, Branoan, Batrd, Geity, Wilcox, Kuger, Crawlord, Kaniz, (he Smiths, Syk Barnard, Cullum, Tower, ry, Whipple, Marcy, Allen, Rucker, Van Viet, ‘tyler, viarke Burns, Beckwith, Alvora, Prince, and others, are now ‘absurdiy ' gazetted simply, as colonel, Heatenant colonel, or major. — These officers have commanded army corps, divisions and brigades, have filed with marked ability otuer high and responsibie positions, and have rendered distinguished services to the coun. try, for which the wnctent privilege of « hed i hy eo hovors of war” on daty and of duty would be a very Inadequate reward. Similar remuras are ap« plicable to the oficers Who served in the lower grades. All have renuored services, each In his sphere, which bave contributed to the grand resuit—victory and peace, They ail feel keenly the humihation of having @ svadow cast upon thelr war record by @ law hall eciipsing te brevet rank, nd the general disgust is shared by ther Samilies and friends at home. Wili the present Congress Tighy te Wyobg by repealing te law? x