The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1872, Page 4

January 14—Second Sunday After Epiphany---“Feast of the Holy Name.” Religions Services Tc-Day—Herald Religious Correspondence. Services To-Day. ‘The Evangelical Alliance of the United States will Conclude the services of the week of prayer by ® general missionary meeting this eveniag, in the South Reformed church, Fifth avenue and ‘Twenty-first street. Rev. Drs. Muhlenburg, Hall, Adams, Anderson, Crooks, Rogers and others will take part in the services, At the invitation of a large number of friends in this city Rev. Mr. Hepworth will preacn this morn- ing and evening in Steinway Hall. His subject in the morning will be “The True Church of Christ,” &nd in the evening be wili deliver a discourse to young men, The Right Rey. Thomas M. Clark, Bishop of Khode NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUZKy 14, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. feov Jont malgaraben Jemean at» sinful life, out short = sels of wrath fitted to destruction,”, in % by own sinful folly, jumhe a repentance | half the human family 4 Jepived by fear and ‘@ consciousness | want, whether such oA celeaibn ening of having to del just Judge whom we | from their own re 4 Or Not, the fact exists, cannot deceive 2, Stich 1s the substance—if not the | walle others revel ‘a jo “ary, live in lordly mansions, exact wor to have been utiered by the ex. | are worshipped » oda in the Capitol, to whom thé iring sipper, and what words of warning to all | kuee ts vast owners of reai estate, Such ngrs, AA particularly to those who still persist mon 8b Pse have great cause for thankiuiness, a3 in leading a life of sin! If we do not votuntarily | I heard Mr, Beecher express himselt a few Sun humble ourselves before God when in life gan venings that he bad “for mercies showere health and vigor, is it to be wondered at that, hav. ing provoked His Divine og Ai jong and having exhausted His patien divi tice ‘would interpose and demand of us & just retribu- Lon, and cut us off in the midst of our career asa warning to all sinners who ra use the mercy and patience of anes God? These thoughts have sugeemed themselves to the writer, who was him- sel @ sinter—and will say a great sinner—al. though not in @ position to exercise the same bane- ful influence on society that the deceased did, and hence We cau trace the public retribution for over irty years; and I tremble now to think how near 1 was, if the mercy of God, whom I did not entirely forsake and to whom I earnestly prayed for vears for grace and true repentance. did not in- spire me to humble myself by having recourse to the sacrament of penance in sincerity and amend- ment of life, without which there 1§ no hope for the rebellious sinner; and I must say that I re- sisted the frequent warnings of the Divine Spint for many years, And what sinner can say that he is not frequently admonished by his own consctence, even in the midst of sin? And this i8 the Divine Spirit that haunts us and as it were thwarts and drags us back from sin; but we are deaf to the silent monitor. We deity our pus- sions, and resist—nay. defy our loving God. Who can help wondering at the patience, the enduring love of God, which permits the sinner to rebel for Maken for @ lie—and even at the last is de- lighted to clasp us to His loving heart if we only re- Island, will preach in Christ church this morning, and Rev, W. T. Egbert in the evening. Rey. Andrew Longacre will preach this morning and evening in the Central Methodisi Episcopal church, Rev. J, M. Pullman will commence this morning, in the Church of Our Saviour, @ series of discourses on things pertaining to tis life, the subject to-day being “Desire and Limitation.” Rey. Dr. Krotel will preach, morning and even- ing, m the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity. At the Canal Street Presbyterian church a com- munion service will be held this morning by Revs. David Mitchell ahd John MacNaughton, At the evening service Rev. William Cochrane will preach. Rev. Charles B, Smyth will preach 1n the Univer- sity (American Free Presbyterian church) this morning and evening. Rev. P, L. Davies will preach In the Berean Baptist church this morning on “Spiritual Philanthropy.’’ and in the evening on “Spiritual Co-operation.” Apublic meeting in behalf of the Harlem Mis- Slonary Association will be held in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Fifth avenue and 125th street, this evening. Addresses will be delivered by Revs. John Cotton Smith, George J. Mingins and others, Rev. Dr, Flagg will preach this morning in the hall corner of Fifty-fiitn street and Third avenue. Tne subject of Rev. E. C. Sweetser’s discourse this morning in the Bleecker street Universalist church will be, “She Hath Done What She Could,” and in the evening he will preach on “The Logical End of a Life of Sin." Rev. Dr. Merrill deitvers a discourse this morn- ing in the New England Congregational church on “The Power of Public Sentiment to Restrain from Crime.” Services in the evening us usual. Rev. H. D. Northrop will preach morning and evening in the West Twenty-thira street Presby- terian church, Rev. Robert Laird Collier will preach in the Church of the Messiah this morning and in the Church of All Souls in the evening. Rev. J. Hyatt Smith and Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., will address the Morning Star Sunday School, at 130 West Twenty-fourth street, this afternoon, at half-past two o'clock. Rey. A. D. Mayo, of Cincinnati, will preach in the Church of the Messiah this evening. Rev. Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity church, will repeat the lectures of Lent of 1871 at Trinity Chapel, beginning this evening with the tirst lecture—“The Two Estates: That of the Wedded in the Lord and That of the Single tor the Kingdom of Heaven’s Sake.” At the Church of St, Charles Borromeo, Brooklyn, services will be held as follows:—Morning, at haif- past ten o’clock, high mass and sermon; the choir on the occasion will sing Neni’s Mass, Evening, at half-past seven o’clock, Cerute’s Grand Musical ‘Vespers will be given, Rev. Alfred Young, of the Congregation of St. Paul, wil deliver a lecture this evening in St Bernard’s church, West Thirteenth street. Suvject— “How and Why I Became a Catholic.” Rey. William Dunnell will preach morning and evening in All Saints’ Free church, Rev. T. A. Hoyt wi!l preach this morning in the small chapel of the New York University. Rev. Chauncey Giles will this evening commence B Course of lectures on the subject of “Genesis and Geology” in the new church in Thirty-flith street, between Park and Lexington avenues, Rev. C. 8. Harrower will preach morning and pent sincerely? Oh, the Wonders of the nercy of God! PENITEN SL, Modern Scepticl: To TaR Epitorn or THE HERALD:— “Modern Scepticism tn Its Relations to Our Young Men” ig the ttle of an address by Rev. Mark Hop- kins, D. D., President of Williams’ College, before the International Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association, delivered at Washington, May, 1871 (New York: American Tract Society). ‘The argument of this discourse 1s somewhat metaphysical; but it seems to us that, in spite of Dr. Hopkins’ learning and the strength of nis style, it does poor credit tothe author of “Lectures on Moral Science,” and is not such as to convince any save one who previously agreed with him. As an argument before a court oflaw, for instance, or pe- fore any tribunal that demands trrefragible proof, or even the establishment of a strong probability, it ‘Would not stand for an instant, Scepticism, or what the Doctor terms ‘‘unbeltef,’” has by this time, surely, won the right to be esteemed as the thoughtful and intelligent out- growth of reason, and not the fruits of a wayward spirit of contradiction. It 18 not the prattle of babes, bat the expression of the careful and serious convictions of men in the most advanced realms of thought. It 1s nopeless, therefore, to think of theet- ing their arguments by achildish appeal to au- thority. Dr. Hopkins commences by making this very mistake, and quietly takes for granted some of the very points at issue—such as the inspiration of the Bible, the Divinity, or essential Godhoou of Jesus, &c. The Doctor regards unbelief as “the one great sin that stands between man and any good which God may have provided for hiin—the one sin that stands between him and the remedy tor sin.” in answer to the questions, “What kind of unbelief 1s it, then, that is sin?—is it of facts as substantiated by evi- dence?—is it of anything that presents itself as truth in the region of pure intellect ?”’—he answers, “4No; not simply because they did not believe a fact on the ground of evidence Was there sin, but be- cause they did not believe in God—because they did not believe On the Lord Jesus Christ.” After admitting that belief and trust are voth matters of the intellect, rational processes that de- mand evidence, itis vain for Dr. Hopkins to at- temptto clinch the responsibility of unbelief and lack of trust by drawing au argument irom the con- nection of will with beliof “The sin, if any,” says Dr. Hopkins, “will lie In the moral blindness which fails vo see Its need, and m the recklessness or perverseness or ingratitude which falis to accept of proffered ald.” ‘This 19 Hlogical A mau kuows when he ig hungry or thirsty, and if he were not to know whose fault would it bey In like manner men know when they are morally ahungered, and if they do not kuow thea Whose Jauit is it? Now, the fact i3 that men do Know, and, thus knowing, there are thousands, y Itilions, of men who, after having heard and weighed the evidence from many sides, have de- cided that not this system, but some other, meets the wants of their natures, ‘That ail these men are dishonest 18 more dificult Of peiler taan that Dr. Hopkins is mistaken, (Under tucterm honesty we include a readiness of the will.) Buti you say “these men are not convinced be- cause they are blind and cannot see,” you charge God with making a creature having such a detec- tive moral eyesight that he cannot see that which 1 18 essential to tis moral Welfare that he should see, This would be the same as saying that God creates some men, the large majority of mec, merely to consign them to hopeless, moral death—a proposi- Uon too blasphemous and defamatory of God for any one to entertain, unless lie were @ believer in the so-called doctrine of election in its most odious jorm. “The greatest men have always veen build- ers,” says tne Doctor. ‘But scepticism is nega Uon, Its work 1s destructive,” &c, This 1s not entirely true. Scepticism may commence by denying tiat a partial statement is the soie truth, but it does not stop tnere, The Tational sceptic goes furtaer, and aitirms the More general and inclusive truth, Any one who evening in St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Dr, Ewer will officiate at the services in St, Ignatius’ church, Seventh avenue, between Thirty- third and Thirty-fourtn streets, to-day. In the evening, instead of a sermon, the rector will com- mence a course of familiar instruction explanatory of Aglican worship in its visible aspect. Rev. Charles F. Lee will deliver @ lecture this afternoon in Chickering Hail on “The Labors of Hercules, or the Work of Reform.’’ Morning ser- vices as usual. The Praying Band will conduct the services to-day at the Thirty-seventh street Methodist Episcopal church, “The Motherhood of God” will be the subject of Mrs. Tappan’s discourse this evening iu Lyric Hall. Mra. Emma Harding Butler will speak before the Society of Spiritualists this morning and evening in Apollo Hall, The Keading of the Bible, &c., in the Public Schools from a Jewish Point of | iew. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERaLp:— Many suppose becaure of the silence of our Jewish parents they are indiilerent to what reigious teach- ings or counsellings tveir children are sabjevied. Such is not the case, There are uo Jewish parents Who Will Sanction the teaching to thei children of “Come unto Me and I will give you rest,” “1am the way, the path aud the life," "Ihose wno do not ve- | Meve in Me can never enter the kingdom o! heaven,’ | and many more such counseilings Whici tic New Testament offers. As regards the “Lord's Prayer,”’ we can offer no Objection, for it is given in @ spirit and Words en- urely consistent with Judaism; for instauce, it is, “Our Father, Who art in heaven, Phy kingdom come, ‘Thy will be done, for Thine is the kingdom, tie power, the glory,” &c. We can offer no ove ton to the reading of that prayer, for it speaketn volumes in Itself, | NOt that we lear the reading of any Jaith antago- Mistic to Judaism wil have, or ever bas had, any | deleterious efect on our Jewish children; for as | God was with Shadrach, Meshach and Avedbego, so art He ever with His chtidren Israel, Still, it 18 not necessary to “plerce the thorn ip (ue side oF Israel’? to force upon their chiidrea prayers and hymns to | “our Lord Jesus Cnrist,”” when we Low solely to our Father ju Heaven; or (o read tiem the teachings of the Gospel, when we follow solely the law of Moses and the propiects, Yet withal, whether toe bivie Teading shall or shali not be continued in the puviic schools, a8 at present conducied, we Israelites feel we have naught to tear for our children in the suture than we bave had Io the past. | IT would advise both Protestants and Catholics | (being the ones in dispute on the subject) wo yield viously to each other in this matter; to put iio ; practice @ little of that goodly spirit of “love to thy | neighbor" which %s 80 much preached, and unite on some plan which wiil be agreeabie to ali concerned and of the moat beneft to the children. Consider it 1s not always better to avoid than seck conten- uon. I would suggest the reading of the prayer “Our Father who artin heaven,” and also cach daya couple of the Psalms of David; sach, | think, would ot ve antagonistic to the feelings of Catholics, Protestants, Jews or any other religious denomina- jon. There are at present 80 many churches and sat bath schools throughout the land where the Bibie indea; there are so many bible associa- tions placing the Bible within the reach of ali, both rich and aye that there can be nought to fear even to the most zealous) that religion or piety will believes that gas lights are better than tallow candles, and wuo, therelore, deserts the use of une latter, will, by the person who knows no better means of artificial ilumimation, be held to be an unbeliever or a sceptic in the matter of tallow candies, Sceptics, it is true, often destroy the old temples and break the idois, vut it is that they or some one may build again on « larger plan. ‘They have tho vest right, tueretore, to be called “builders.” Do tey not, in truth, more deserve this title than those who cling to the old and oppose the building of the new structure ? “Much ol What 1s called sctence is mere infer- ence,” says Dr. Hopkins. This is true. But how much more true is it that the main body of what 18 called tieology 18 mere lafereace ?—and such infer. ence !—making out the nature of God to be 80 unjust and cruei and abomiuavie that, were any one to patnt the Character of a criminal in colors as dark, men would stand aghast at the picture and declare It ab impossibility, But we ferences of science are ever nar- monious, and are «aliy strengthened by being sub- Jected to new tests by thousanus of mdependent ov- sei 3 question of the truth or of the falsity of the infereuces of science is constantly being setuled be- youd the possioility of @ peradventure, The proofs of science are tangible and open to universal in- spection, Dr. tiopkins mentions the instance ad- duced oy Darwin oi the “black bear seen by Hearnes, swimining for hours with widely-open mouth, thus catching, almost like a whale, Insects in the water.’? We accept, says be, the juct alirmed by Darwin, but must aisseut from his inference that, vy thus doing, the progeny of the bi: bear may in time become aquauc animals 43 monstrous as the whale, ‘The inference js aot made py Varwin, but by Dr, Hopkins nimself, nor 1s it, a3 stated vy the Doctor, in accordance wita the theory of the origin of | species. By) worming to chapter vi. of “The Origin of Species’? and reading tue section headed “On the | Orizia and Transitions of Organic Beings with Pe- ar Habits and Structures,” it will be seen that the instance selected by Dr, Hopkins 1s but one, and by bo means the most coLciusive, of very many Cases Wiican form a series, and when stadied in con+ nection make a cumulalive argument that 1s fast galuing the assent of scientists and thinkers Uirouguout the world. DarWinisin namvers also among its converts Many divines of ali schools Who Hind In this theory wowing at variance with their religious beliers. Darwiuisin is Well able to Keep On Its Way Without the aid of Dr, Hopsins, even in spite of Dis opposi- Non. But it will not be many years, in our opinion, before the Presiden: of Wilhains College will find that he cannot adord to remain without some better knowledge of Darwinism, such a knowledge as Will enable Hin to attack Iti! so disposed, with other freapons than Ulose drawn trom theology or mere ridicule. The Inspiration and Vitality of the Sacred criptures, To THE EDITOR OF THE Henan J have perused with pleasure the appeared in the HERALD respecting the juspirauion @nd vitality Of che sacred Scriptures. A GVatnoic from conviction, I sll assume the right to consider the above topic from the Protestant “standpoint,” viz., private juigment. Your correspondents ap- proach the consideration of the subject somewhat | tumidiy, If it be worth consideration let it be ap. proached ona brvad basis, ‘“Catholicus” argues that “the sense of Scripture alone is w be taken as inspired, not that every word was dic- tated by the Holy Ghost)” but if toe Holy Ghost did tase upon Himself the tasx of inspiring men wo commit to writiag the gospels, 1! words nave sense or meaning and are used to Convey ideas, he would certainly have so enlightened the apostles to the exient of being able Bo to express themselves with ie out if the Bible 1s, in @ manner, excluded from the public schools; for it will ever be a lamp aud shield to those who read and follow sts teachings in ® proper spirit and faith. OLIVE BRANCH. Fisk on Death Bed Repentance, To THe Evitor oF THE HERALD:— The best admonition ever conveyed 1m any sermon Wee that contained in the answer of Fisk to lus spir- {tual adviser when exhorung him to turn his neart to God and repent for his past life. He is repre- sented as having said:—"No; my ife has been de- voted to sin; my Soul has been in rebeilion against God, ibave refused Him my health and strength | nd manhood. Shall Tnow insult Him by offering @ uniformity of expression, so (hat atter yencra- tous could not possioly mistake their meaning. But ihe gospeis do admit of many interpretations, and are [uil of contradictions, “J. b.’? mainiains that “the intelligent reader comprehends the interpreta. tuon, 60 far a8 to know it to be true,” this is contrary to she ‘act, for itis the “intelligent reader who mostly doubts the authenticity of the Bible.’ And What about the miilions of souls who cannot read? Can the Bilue be sald to ve an inspired reve- Jation to them? It must be a sealed nook to mil- Jions of God's chiidren, aud consequently can- not be accepted as @ universal revelation. “Catholicus” asserts “that God equally mani- fests His wisdom and goodness in creaung the smailest insect as weli a8 in man,’ but the writer fails tv perceive any goodness or wisdom in creating millions Of souls, as St. Paul says, ‘‘ves- tters that have | jown On himself; and no one could doupt the sin- cerity of the prayer he was then offering, consider- ing the vast number of the owners of real estate who Were then listening to bim. Sut with the poor man it is otnerwise. it is bard work singing psaims on an Lermpiy stomach or thanking God for unknown mere! If the writers of the Bible were inspired, such in- spiration must have been given them that it might be given to posteriiy as a direct revelation of Gou's will ; but what reliance can be placed on a book which was originally written in language of which most men are ignorant? How can [ make an acto! faith on the validity of a book that may be true, or may be fulse, especiaily in King James’ edi- tion. which is said to contain some hundred errors in the translation? The conclusion | arrive at 18, thac if there be a God, which most men admit, “that He must be all-wise, all-powerful and benefl- cent; that to be this He must have left an unerring guide for the government ot His creatures. ‘here 18 no Church except the Catholic Church that claims to this infallibility; therefore I bend the knee and submit reason to faith iu the teaching of this iniallie ble guide, JODH. BURTON. 441 HampEn sreuer. Religious Liverty—Rev. Mr. Hepworth and the Unitarians. To THe Epitor oF THE HERALD:— In the article under ‘Religious Liberty” tn this morning’s issue of the HERALD assertion 1s made that Rev. Mr. Hepworth had concealed his real sen- tments and only gave utterance to his so-calied change of belief upon receiving a letter of inquiry from the Prestaent of the Board of Trustees, It ia also stated that he “maiigned the whole Unitarian denomination,” This 1s misstatement, irom a just and impartial point of view. One of the prom- inent and representative members of the church remarked, directly after the delivery of last Sun- day's sermon or address, “that no one was sur- prised,” that ‘everybody bad long seen what was coming,” and this same ‘member,’ with others of the family, also ‘members,’ turned their backs upon the sacramental table spread before them, and, with offended taces, left the church, Shade of Dr, Channing | 1s this Unitarlanism, to treat with disrespect the silent invitation of the communion table of our Lord? For we have never presumed such to be the table or the invitation of @ private individual. Has the boasted religion of toleration and of charity become, then, so sectarian that it listens with impatience to any utterance but the echo of its own private opinion, and expresses personal resentment at the gentle, though firm, utterance of honest conviction? “Christ is the way that leadeth up to the Father; “1 believe Jesus Ourist to be tae incarnation of the love of God,” ‘These were the stronzest expressions of belief or tne so-called change of faitn uttered by Mr. Hep- worth, uniess the expression of belief in the bible as the inspired Word of God, for the instruction of and the salvation of men, be @ strong or a novel assertion tor a Christian to make, or to hear, in what- ever denomination he may hedge himself about with, We never belore had it made plain to us thata church is simply @ corporation, where, for 80 much money, @ man must do so much and such & quality ot work, ‘The pastor is not one whose lile-work 13 to study avd expound the Holy scriptures, and teach and preach their rules of datly conduct, or to persuade men to adopt these rules for faith and conduct, but 18 simply a hired servant, who must run in certain grooves parallel with those who “employ” him, As to the “insult,’’ an official letter, written by advice of legal counsel, Can, in all fairness, be calied public, and the assurance that a man will be paid at satisiactory rate for, agit were, retailing religion, or what not, at wholesale raves, does certainly savor very strongly of a suggestion that such monetary consideration would influence the gospel market; and the further tnsinuation that € business advantage would perhaps be taken un- less rendered legally impossibie, betrays, at least, & very modified sort of trust in a man’s honesty, the honesty of the hiner law. J, as one of the public, snoutd feel insulted at the burden of the letter in | question, however guarded its terms of expres- | sion might be, and they were not very guaraed, The President of the Board is ; &¢ least a goud trustee in financial matiers. ; As to the malignment of the Unitarian body, tne only seatence utiered by Mr. Hepworth that could, by the most watchtiul listener, be construed into an inimical reflection, was that Unigarians ad- mitted to their pulpits aud to their felidwship men who would not ve accepted by any other body of Christians tu the world. This 1s true as a fact, and was uttered ip atl simplicity of tone and manner as such. More gentie handling of an adverse suyject; more tender utterance of regret at the step con- | Science compelled him to take; more tender tribute | to the memories of good men gone, a3 well 48 the bearing witness to the beauty of their lives and the aspiration of thelr spirits, however tending toward materialism thelr theology or the want of u— all this, witu earnest and yearning words of broth- erly love, were the characteristics of une sermon or | address of Rev. Mr. Hepworth. A PEW-RENTER. No. 7 WEST TWENTY-FoURTH STREBT, Jan. 13, 1372. Letter from a Deist. | To THE EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— A constant reader of your remarkable paper | would be glad to contribute an occasional religious nut for your prusy, long-winded Sanday communi- | cants to crack, but more especially for tne unbiassed and deep-thinking religious community and the ministry in general, were he sure that you were entirely impartial and that hoy columns were open to all contributors believing in God, but dis- believing the doginas and foundation of Christianity and respectfuliy sends this article as a pioneer to obtain that knowledge, and will promise, if the privilege is granted, that his communications wilt always be shor:, to the point and adhering to the text and authority of the Bible only, Nut NO. 1, dedicated to H. Q., Jr, of the two ae rections published in your columns of Sunday ast: relienegis ll, 19-—"Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou urn. Ecclesiastes xil.,7—°'Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God who gave it.” QuEsTION.—If the body goes to dust and the spirit returns to God, What part of us is it that is resurrected and plunged into hell? Where there is weeping and wailing Aud gnashing of teeth, ‘And millions of years can bring no relief; But for time everlasting, so the Christian priests say, We'll be roasted aitve, but we can’t burn away, Consolation for sinners, if this should be true, In heii there'll be many, in heaverr but few. DEIST, A Happy Conversion, Ata prayer meeting in the Water street Mission of the New York Port Society a man arose and sald:— “I came to this place last Sunday, a bad man, as bad as I could be. I was @ drunkard, and my friends had stopped speaking to me when they met me. “I came here out of curiosity, but one of the prayers went right to my heart. “It brought me to unhrist, and now I can’t tell you how happy I am. “Yesterday 1 was walking along Fuiton street, praying to myself, and when [ looked up I thought I Was in a ciiflerent sireet, it looked so changed." This 18 @ new and blessed method of street lighting. When Christ shines into 1t the soul does not remain @ dark lantern, A broad stream of light flows over ali the external world, and tne dull city sireet 1s transfigured imto a stuning way, like that which Bunyan saw, with tne celestial city standing at its head, An Appropriate Text. Rev. Dr. Peavody, of Cambrilge, Mass., preached the annual sermon before the Legisiature last week from the appropriate text, “Thou shalt not steal.” Upon this the Observer remarks:—“It the excellent Projessor could be induced to make a tour of the Sraves and Verritories, repeating his sermon before each Legisiature and Congress—if he would pause io New york aud deliver it to the Mayor and Alder- men and custom House officiais—we are sure that he wouid reach some audiences Unat stand greatly in need of his mMstruction and exnortation.” Religious Notes—Personal and General. Rev. Henry lowers has resigned the pastorate of Elm place Congregational church, Brookiyn. Rey, Dr. DeWitt resigned his position as President of the New York Historical Society jast week. Au- | gusius Scheli was eiected to the office, | The Warren avenue Baptist Churcn of Boston has extended a call to tne nev. George FP. Pentecost, | pastor of the Hanson piace Bapust church, Brooklyn. Kev, games ©, Beecher, brother of Henry Ward | Beecher and youngest of the family, has accepted a | cali to the Congregational Church in Poughkeepsie. A number of the citizens of Belleville, N. | Centiy started a Sunday school for the benetit of U Chinese of that place, The average attendance is ow about flity. Mr. P. ‘I. Scruggs, who has been for many years a rominenc lawyer in West Tennessee and a judge in ississtppl years ago, has returned to the ministry of (he Methodist Church Sout. The Rev, Hugh Milier Thompson, of Chicago, has Accepted the Kectorship of Christ church, Which has been Vacant since the resignation of Dr. Bwer, and Will Immediately enter upon his duties, Rev. F. Howe, of Terre Haute, Ind., Con- gregationalist, reports the experiment of free pated a year Heid contributions so succosstul, t at the chure, to con- Unue the plan this year.’ MAV® voted Rey. Dr. Jacobus, in his remarks on the sustenta- tion fund, 1m tis city, last week, stated thal @ gea- tleman had sent @ Uity dollar note to the wie of every Presbyterian misstouary west of the MISSIS- sipph Whose audress he could obtain, The First Presbyterian church uf Paterson, N. J, Gate Rev. Dr. Hornblower's) has given » umanimons calito the Rev. David Magie, D, D., of Penn Yan, N.Y. Dr, Magie is the son of tne late Rev. Dr. Magie, of Elizabeth, N. J., long the beloved pastor of the Second Presbyterian church of that place. FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE. The Liberality of Judaism Contrasted with that of Modern Christ! y—Sermon by Rev. Professor De Sala, of Montreal. The congregation Shaaray Teflla were entertained and instructed yesterday morning by the Rev. Dr. De Sala, of Montreal, who preached to them from & portion of the lesson read for the day. He said it was with extreme diMdence that he responded to the invitation of the minister, Rev. Mr, Isaacs, and the president and oMicers of the congregation, to speak to them to-day about that law which is the common heritage of all. Only for the fact that he stood im the pulpit of oue who has so strongly and steadily and uncompromisingiy stood up for the faitn and doctrines of Judaism he shuld hardly have dared to address them, And were it not tor this fact he would have yielded to bis natural dif- fidence. But when he heard the words of the law read this morning, “Thou shalt speak all that I command thee,” he remembered that he, wo, as well as Moses, had the word of God witnhhim. He therefore asked special attention to the passage that had been read, while he would give such an exposi- Uon of it a8 the Divine Spirls would enable him to do, The text to which he called attention reads thus. ‘And Moses spake so to Israel, but they did not listen to him, on account of bitterness of spirit and hard bondage.” TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS, he sald, mignt ve considered in this passage of Scrip- ture. First, how has Moses spoken to Israel? and, second, why have they not more generally listened tohim? The text says Moses spake “so’’—which seems rather a vague statement, But our com- mentators do not accept the interpretation of this word asthe English version gives it, Tne word “ken,” translated “so,” properly signifies truly or faithfully, and We look through this sacred volume, said the Doctor, we shall flad that so Moses spake to our fathers—tne faithtul of Goa’s house, Dr. De Sala here gave some other passages where the word ‘‘ken’’ is translated to mean truly or laithfully, in contirmation of nis own interpreta- tion. Moses, he said, spake truly and faithfully of Gou and of His attributes. In the commencement of his first book he teaches the grand doctrine on which all our faith 1s based, namely:—A personal Gol, and that He produced sometaing out of noth- ing. And this statement is not made accidentally, but was utrered in opposition to the theology of the times, Which taught taat God was matter or was in matter, ‘The same errors are taught to-day, and we have as much occasion Jor Moses to CORRECT THE ERRORS OF PANTHEISM or Polytheism to-day as ever. All God 1s no better tan noGod, We are taugnt in these days that though God made us “a litte lower than the angels,” yet we are no more and no better than the lowest animais, having come irom the same origin. We will not allow modern science to tell us that the teachings of Moses are incorrect. God 13 all-suiticient to produce this world trom nothing and lo protect it, and to Keep it teemu with lite aad activity. But He ig not only tae Alle Sumoient. He 1s the Admar—the Eternal One, Eternal in His perfections and in His attri buves, everlasting, merciiul and long-suffering aud all-sumcient and always —suilicient for us. And we may come to Him and pour out our supplications unto Him, aud we do not require a mediator, either human or divine, or bota, e go to the fountain-head—El shaddun—and tell Him ot all our sorrows and all our needs, and receive the consolation vu! his love and mercy. But Moses spake faithtully to us, not only about God, but also about God's highest and noblest work—man—ourselves. Where can yon find precepts for honesty such as he gave usy What iawgiver has taught the principles Which underue human society as Moses taught them? And alter 3,0v0 years they are what govern- ments refer to in legisiating ior their peoples. Where shall you find liberality equal to that inculcated by Moses? He taught us to love the stranger, vecause he knew that peace and har- mony and good will will ensue from such love, and the world will then—and only then- realize tne words of David—“How good and how pleasaat a thing 1t is for brethren to dwell together in unity.’’ Where can you find liverality to excel that which accords to the stranger rights equal with your own? NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION of the United States, and certainly not elsewhere, And when the United States showed liverality enough to allow him (the speaker) to open Congress with prayer he was glad to vee that they were coming up to the liberality of Moses. So kas Moses taughi wiih reterence to God and to man, ‘The second question suggesied by the text is, Why has not Israel istened more generally to Moses? The answer, as given, is on account of the bitterness of spirit and bard bonaage, The word transiated bitterness should properly be ‘“short+ ness’ of spirit, or, in otier words, lack of spiritual- ity. In the language of the Psalmist, they haa changed God into the likeness of an ox that eateth grass, and because of tnis neither they nor we have listened to the words of Moses, but by neglecting and forsaking them we have rendered ourselves a byword amoung the nations of tne earth. But hard bondage had something to do also with their refusal to near Moses, It 1s mot the yoke o1 slavery with us, but the yoke of business aud pleasure, the Jove of the worid, that hinders us from listening to and re- ceiving His words, Shall this continue? Shall we be so unmindlul of our calling as to continue this stiffmeckedness? No; God forbid. Lev us trust in Him aud He will detiver us as He deliverea our fathers from Egyptian bondage. And if we ap- proach Him with determimation and singieness ol heart God will draw near to us and we snail become God's falthtul sons, And to this end he invited the congregaticn to join with him in supplicating tne ae of Heaven, whicn they did humbly and ear- nestly. POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AND VIEWS. The Fan of the Proposed Civil Service lic- form. The Louisville Courter-Journal suggests that the following be included among the questions to be put to aspirants for service in the civii branch of the government by the proposed Board of Examin- ing Pedagogues:— 1, Who 1s your candidate for the Presidency ? 2, How much of your salary as Postmaster do you think you Could coatrivute to secure his re-clec- on’ % Can you swear that you are physically strong enougu to work like a dray horse in his bebalf trom now until the polls close ? 4. About now many votes could you make for your candidate by working in (Mat way? 5. Have you always been truly loyal, and if so, how many times did you vote for the present nobie Chiel Execuuve in 1868, and do you think you could do it again in 1372? 6. If the administration should happen some time or another to need a first-class witness In a Ku Klux case, do you suppose you could remember what it would be necessary for you to swear to on the occa- sion? 7. When you shall have found that you are a de- fau Iter tothe government in & very considerable amount, you will understand, won't you, that you must keep tne fact concealed from the democratic press, and that, if the tuing shouid leak out in of Ol us, you must pay for the whitewash your- bell? 8 In case it should chance to occur to you at no distant day that it Would be eminently proper for you to forward a Durham colt or a Berkshire calf, a terrier pig or @ Shanguae pup—or all four of them, as the case may be—to a certain $260,000 farm near ‘St. Louis, whose gifted proprietor is not wholly un- connected with the Executive Mansion at the pre- sent time, are you quite sure yon would remember to ship with great care and pay the expressage and all other charges on the shipment? 9 In conclusion, how much change do you hap- pen to have about your clothes, and do you think you could borrow enough here to take you home? la, And, finally, where did we understand you to say that you keep your liquor and cigars? ‘The man wno kuows enough about opening, shut- ting up and distriputing the malis to answer ail these questions to the satisfaction of an examining board thoroughly in accord with the present ad- ministration would make @ itmaster of Whom that administrauon would justly be proud. “DRIVEN TO DEATE. A Mother Poisons Herself and Child. {From the Davenport (Iowa) Gazette, Jan, 11.) A gentleman irom West Liberty informed us yes- terday of a terrible tragedy which occurred on Sun- day morning last, near that town. Living three miles from the city, on the Springdale was a Germano farmer, named Deltef Noisiei le was living with his third wife, the mother of two _chil- dren, While several children of the former wives were also members of the family. The latter and the step-mother kept che house in te of con- stant turmoll—and it is said the wot was sub- Jected to all sorts of abuse, and that her two little ones received nothing but cruel treatment from the hands of Nolsien’s older children. Why the hus- band permitted these deeds 1s not known. One day last week Mrs, Nolsiem procured some strych- nine at astore in West Liberty, and on Satur. day told her husband that she had rather die than endure such a jive as she had led in nis house, On Sunday morning, during Nolsien’s absence, a uarrel arose between the wife and the step-chil- ren again. She hada boy jour or five years oid. ‘She gave the child a piece of bread and then took him to her bedroom, telling the other children that they would be sorry for their conduct. In a few minutes groans and cries came frum Mrs, Nolsien’s room, and one of the elder girls went to see what the maiter was, Sno iound the woman and her son both A ge oe in agony, and then, with the other children, fled Lo the neighbors for help. They were oy buta few minutes; but when they returned the boy was dead and thé woman went into spasms which soon terminated im death. She had given the child strychnine on thé bread and then taken a dose herself. Her other child, @ babe, was asleep in aonb. Thus she ended her trouble and that of her boy, but whether the step-children were “sorry” or not isa question, The affair created great oxcite- ment in the neighborhood, a8 may be suDposed, MUSIC AND THE DRAMA Poetlight Fiashes. Madame Isadora Clarke has returned to Now York. No goat yet in “The Black Crook." Still inais- “Julius Ossar” is likely torun forsome time at Booth’s. “Shoo, Fly,"’ has entered upon another career of glory at Bryant’s. Ainée finds it profitable to ohange the bill every night for variety sake. Miss Leona Cavender 18 playing “Minnle’s Luck” ‘with great success in Cleveland, Messrs. Furbish and Wilton gave “Divorce” before @ crowded nouse in New Haven on Friday. ‘The English ballad troupe give two farewell con- certs at Steinway Hall on Tussday and Wednesday . “The Slave’s Dream” is the latest’ novelty at Tony ime” The jovial Tony has also a new budget of Davis, the ventriloquist, is styled “the funniest ne ial by the patrons of the Union Square in & tortaignt more “Divorce” will, have reached its 150th night atthe Fifth Avenue Theatre, This success is simply unprecedented. “John Garth,’ thanks to the powerful acting of Lester Wallack and Charles Kisher, continues to draw delighted audiences at Wallack's. The new “Humpty Dumpty”? will likely live longer than either of its predecessors, Tie Wilsons do some loity tumbling in the Olympic this week. The artists of the last Saturday popular concert at Association Hall, under tne direction ol Antonio Mora, were sis Emma Howson and Messrs, Garl- baldi, Pease and Mills, Florence continues his fine characterization of Ooenreizer, in “No Thorougnfare,’’ at the Grand Opera House. It 1s his best and most artistic euort on the stage. The New York Circus has got the cream of eques- trianism in Mile. Rulland and Messrs. Fish and Dut- ton, and a holiday pantomime that makes the youngsters! eyes dilate with astonishment, Josh Hart's burlesque on “The Black Crook” is Pri verip? The premi:res in the ballet consist of Josh and John Hart, Charley White, Larry Tooley and Johony Wild. The great novelty, which Mr, Hart has veen engaged ten weeks in preparing for the Comique, “Chicago: Before, During and After the Fire,’ is almost ready for production. It will create @ sensation. The Fabbri season of German opera at the Stadt Theatre will be inaugurated to-morrow evening by Prolessor mulder's company, with Meyerbeer's “L'Alricaine,”” Madame Innes Fabbri appearing a3 Selika, Mile. Rosetti as Ines, Herr Muller as Ne- lusko, Carl Formes as Don Pedro and Habelmann as Vasco di Gama. ‘Ine director, Professor Mulder, has spared no pains or expense to present Meyer- beer’s posthumous work in as compiete a manner a8 the Stadt ‘'ueatre will allow. Tne procession Will be enlivenea by a corps de ba'let, and the ap- ointments will be very complete. Mile. Clara eri, the favorite contralto, will appear during this season. The grand complimentary beneft to Miss Matilda Heron comes off at Niblo’s on Wednesday, com- mencing at one o'clock. Nearly every manager of the New York and Brooklyn theatres and the vari- ous Companies have tendered their services in be- half of this talenved aod estimaole lady. Mme, Janauschek, will give the sleep-walking scene from “Macbeth.” Edwin Booth will appear as Petruchio, assisted by his own company. Wallack’s company Will play one act of a standard comedy, Augustin Daly’s company will give the third act of “Divorce.” ‘Two young lady débutantes, supported by Mark Smith and other favorites, will appear in ‘Camille’? Jonn Jack and Miss Laura Keene will present the first act of “tthe School for Scandal.” Mr. Levy will perform a cornet solo and Miss Pauline Markham will sing asong, and the rest of the bill will be filed by Master ‘Percy Roselle, the Majiitons, Bry- @nl’s and the San Francisco Minstrels, the St. Felix ballet troupe and Sheridan and Mack. Tuls 1s cer- tainly & stupendous list of attracttous, which should crowd Nibio's to the doors, independent of the high clatins which Miss Heron has on all lovers ot real dramatic art. Provincial Items. Nilsson sings in St. Louis this week. Sothern makes his bow before the Quakers this week at th e Walnut. Mrs. Moulton sings in the City of Brotherly Love on Monday and Tuesday evenings. E. L. Davenport plays Hamlet at his own theatre in the Quaker City on Monday. Edwin Adams took a farewell benefit in Pitts. burg on Friday in ‘‘Hamlet,”” Collins, the favorite Irish comedian, opens at Wood's, Cincinnati, this week, Joe Jeiferson is having “ripping”? houses at the Varieties Theatre, in the Crescent City. Mile. Leon Duval made her débat in Cincinnati on Wednesday last as Zeriina to Capoul’s Fra Diavolo. Mile. Morlacchi closed her engagement at Daven- port’s Chestuut street Tneatre, Vhiladelphia, ou Saturday, Mrs. Macready Titusville, 16th; Detroit, 22d. Mrs, Chanfrau had a benefit at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, ihe Thompson bleached biondes succeed her, Madame Parepa-Rosa appearsin “La Fille du Ré- giment” at the Koston ‘'neatre on Monday. Her company has met withthe most triumphant recep- tuon in the ‘Modern Athens,’ Kelly & Leon’s minstrel troupe will close a very successiul Cae et at San Francisco on the Jd of February. ‘They will revurn to the East and pre- pare tor the spring season. Mrs. Macready appeared in Utica last week, The Observer thus speaks of her:— The impersonation of siylock by Mrs. Macready was a truly wonderiul effort for a lady. As sie walked slowly Out upon the stage in the first act, ‘welcomed by remarkably enthusiastic applause, the woman actress was lorgotten, and the relentless old Jew stood before the audience, Tnroughout the whole of the interesting performance the character ‘was personated beyond criticism. There were no forced eforts or rauting even, tnough the character required almost the iull strength and force of a man to express the intense ieelings of sorrow, revenge @nd remorse. On the stage Mrs. Macready was Shylock; Off the stage she 1s a refined, accomplishea and beautunl lady, who will always receive a warm welcome in Utica, ‘The Buffalo Courter of Friday says about the pro- duction of “Divorce” in that city:—*This admuiraple Piay continues to be immensely attractive, Last evening the audience was larger than on any pre- vious evening duting the week. Even standing room Was at a premium. Indeed, the representation Of the piece 1s about as near perfect as has ever been experienced upon our boards, and the public have not been backward in finding out the tact. This evening Miss Agnes Ethel, who has the lead- ing feminine role, takes @ benetit, This lady has mude countless friends here by ner thoroughly lady- hike and artistic acting, aud many will be present to-night simply because she is the beneficiary, A Special train will be ran trom Niagara Failson the occasion. ‘Divorce’ bas been so successful that the managers have concluded to keep it on the boards for several nights next week. On Tuesaday evening a special train will be ran from Lockport. We are Nappy to learn that ‘Frou-Frow will be brought out during the latter part of the week, with Miss Ethel in her original part.” lays at Oll City, January 15; Jleveland, 19th; Toledo, 20th; Waifs from Other Lands. Messrs. Bretkopf & Hartel have just published a sonata for pianofurte, by Herr Wagner. The Russian censorship has forbidden the produc- tion of Rubinstein’s “Demon” for political reasons, Out of fiity-nine theatrical journals started this year in Spain, fity-five have ceased to exist. An opera, called “Le Petit Lohengrin,” is in pre- paration at Bologna, Why not? We have had “Le Petit Faust.” It 1s now said that the grand representation of Wagner's ‘‘Niepelungen” Will take place at Darm- stadt, not at Bayreuth. A grand choral festival is being got up in Vienna for the Exhibition of 1873, Tue Viennese seem re- solved to begin in time. Flotow’s “Ombra,” which has obtained a measure of success the Carlo Fellce, passes to most of the chief theatres of Italy. ‘The next Nether-Rbenish Festival, which occurs at Dusseldorf, is confided to the management of Rubinstein and Julius Tausch. A historical play, entitled ‘Ordre Pariren,” of the time of Friedrica Wilhelm the First, by stern, las been performed with success at the Friedrich Wil- helmstadt Theatre of Berlin, Mrs, John Wood, at the conclusion of ner Adelphi engagement, will appear at Nibio’s Garden, New York (February 26), as tne “Princess Povahontas,’! and will return to London in May. In Madrid, at the Teatro de la Alhamora, “Othel- lo,” in @ Spanish version from Shakspeare, has been performed with success, with Seilor Mayeront nd Seflora Pascuali in the principal rdles. Herr Gaszmano’s prize work, ‘“Schwaben- streiche,” was performed, for the first time, at the end of November, at the Friedrich Wilhelmstadt ‘Theatre of Berlin, with moderate success, Mr. Gye, we are informed, has e ‘ed Mile. Zimmerman for the next season of the Royal Italian Opera, There is, we believe, no truth in the rumor ol his having engaged Mile, Stoltz, Whom many con- sider at the present time the finest dramatic singer on ihe Continent, Parisian Bonbons. Ricci’s new opera, now rehearsing at the Lyrique, 48 provisionally called “Deux Gondoles.” At the Paris Grand Opera & method 1s being organized to raise and lower the footlights like the curtain, Mile. Battu has jolaed the company at the Paris Opéra Comique, and M. Michot has left that of the Grand Opera, A new star has arisen om the scenic horizon in the a Torti FAS OF w Leith Guiter, Her richifand’ name Itahan. are een higrad 2 Lariving Delaborde is in St hemeage “M, Reyer, the crilic of the Déats, has been i= “vloeror ot Egypt to attend the fires or M. Jacques Baur nas returned to Paris, This ex- cellent pianist pupil of Liszt, played last season a& the Musical Union, and in Dublin. a Offenbach’s last bouffe brought ont st the Bou pg a Rag ey Dza. Troll as a Grand Khan, andthe behavior of the characters is beyond all limits of reason. le. le not @ het the 25th of January, when she will take the plece vited by the performance to London, to be performed at the St James" Theatre. jame el, we are told, will i April visit the same theatre,with M. Dumas’ new play “La Georges." —— Pauline Lucca. ¢ Regarding this prima donna, who will likely be Milsson’s successor at the Academy ef Music, the Neue Coulisses of Berlin thus writes:— ‘The fair artist has commenced singing this sea» son earlier than usual in Berlin, principalty for the ipuepone Of fulfilling @ star engagement elsewhere, he engagement being on this occasion at St. Peters~ burg. ‘nis Jady, the most genial artist we have seed for a long time at the opera house, has entered upon her professional duties with the freshness of her resources undiminished, with her geniality un— clouded, aud with the charm of her individuality ay greatasever. There 1s not another artust i Berlin enjoying to such an extent the sympathy of the public, who understand every one of her n and experience, a3 it were, an electric shock at each of her phrases. Mme, Lucca’s name in the pills 1s synonymous with an overflowing house; the amateur of modern opera greets Hep no less enthusiastically than the musical con- Roleeey, who weighs eyany, note in the bal ance ut even he patched from ous i aos mari with “invellect, of "tas gifted ar’ with intellect, faay. Pa 0 Lucca has this season already played the best rd/es in her repertoire, which is nob & small one; but she fas still some in pelo (or te adopt the absolute sefse of the word, in her songful breast), The two Zerlinas have appeared upon the stage, Mozart’s and Auber’s; so have Mignon, Selika, Mrs. Ford, the most roguish and frolicsome of all Shakspeare’s female characters, and Cheru- bino, Mudame Lucca’s latest character—namely, that of Angela, im ‘Le Domino Noir,’”? which she added to her répertoire last winter, thus entering the lists of art against Madame Artét—she has now repeated, though she always drew full houses ween she appeared in it, @ consummation not achieved by her predecessor. We extract tne following from an article in the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, describing a re- cent performance of Nicolai’s popular work, “Die Lastigen Weiber von Windsor:— For the first time this season we had the pleasure 01 witnessing the performance of Otto Nicolai’s “Merry Wives of Windsor.” The theatre was crowded to the very rooi—a sign that the public was much interested with the charming and grace- ful music, as well as satisfied witn regard to tae cast of the opera. To see Mme. Lucca as Mrs, Ford is a very great treat. Mme. Lucca acts her paré with so much roguish impudence on one side, and 1s so graceiul and charming on the other that the audience finally has no more chance than Mr. Ford, ‘who succumbs to her will against ns inclination, With the same pertuess and coquetry she treate Sir Jonn Falstaff, ana thus Mme. Lucca unites most successiully the real with the ideal. It 1s unneces- sary to say more than that her execution of the Music 18 a8 spirited, dramatic and effective as her acting. The correspondent of the London Afusical World ay3:— Pauline Tucca, by her assumption of the part of varlo Broscht, in Auber’s opera ol that name, has helped the work to achieve a splendid suc- cess, Such as 1thas not had here for a long time. With its new cast it will probably occupy a more permanent place in the repertory than has hitherto been tne case. The original talent of the lair and celebrated artist has, her impersonation of Carlo Broschi, as of every other character, enabled her to hit'on what was rignt. With admirable good taste, thanks to which she has already suc- ceeded so brilliantly as Angeia in “Le Domino Noir,” she has made this fresh creation her and just what French comic opera re- qi With fluent factlity she gave tue melodious music to the best advantage. Her de- livery of the frequently xecurring song charmed every one by its fervor; the technical execution was brilliant, and the acting entrancing by its cleverness and grace. The appearance, too, of the pet was calculated to captivate the public, and an enthusiastic reception was not wanting, Every single number of the part was greeted with tumul- tuous applause. In the second act Madame Lucca, with admirable readiness, complied with the de- mand for an encore; and, at the conclusion of eack act, there were repeated calls for her, THE SMALLPOX. Continued Ravages of the Disease in Hobee ken and on the Hill, Despite the steady spread of this epidemic both in numbess and malignancy, the patients now lying in Fox Hill Hospital are in a fair state ot recoverv. Doctor Benson, the City Physician, haa attended them with commendable care and unusual success. If he were now empowered to drive back the German steamers that are constantly laden With the infection and that have caused so many grievances in Hobeken it would evoke the gratitude of the public, Many persons are suffering from the malady in their dwellings. On Union Hill the ds- ease continues its ravages with fatal results. Men have been stricken down with tt and within three days borne to the grave. THE ALARM consequent upon such melancholy occurrences has become general, and muititudes are daily being vaccinated, The want of an energetic and efficient government that could adopt preventive measures is much felt in those districts, Hoboken 1s com- tively safe; in fact, the people would socom ie decline of the epidemic were it not for the cons:ant arrival of German steamers with in- fected individuals on board. The responsibility must therefore be upon the heads of those who for reasons best known to themselves decline to take any measures to prevent the landing of men from those steamers wherein the disease is known to exist. Smallpox at Sing Sing. Within the past few days a case of genuine smaib pox has made its appearance in Sing Sing Prison, and, as @ natural consequence, has caused some commotion among the inmates. The com vict who is now prostrate with the dread disease has been removed from the hospital toa Pesthouse situated at some aistance from the prison, Every precaution has been taken to prevent the plague spot from SE and @ general vac- cination of all the convicts is now understood to be im progress. Owing to the thorough nature of the sanitary regulations enforced by Warden Nelson there are no apprehensions regarding the disease not being confined to the pest house, During its continuance, however, ali visitors will pe exciuded from the prison. I8 BLACK BENSON A BIGAMIST? A Colored Case in which Newark, Brooklyn and unt Vernon Have Co-equal Interest. On a warrant issued by Justice Mills, of Newark, George Benson and Adelaide, bis spouse, were brought before that magistrate yesterday to answer @ charge involving tne breakage of the seventh commandment, preferred against them by one Joseph Meyers, All the parties are likely looking colored folks, the female being of a deep olive complexion and by no means unattractive in form and features. Joseph is employed on the farm of Mr. Thomas Smith, at Springfield, N. J., and alleges that, although George and Adelaide have been cohabiting together on Springfield avenue, Newark, he has @ wife named Anns, whom he deserved in Brooklyn. She, too, put in an ap- pearance and corroborates Joseph's story. Benson puts in a general denial to the charge and declares ‘Unat Anna is another man’s wife, ‘a gen’lemn’s im Brooklyn,” who put ner away, but admits that he lived with her for a short time, He further claimed that he was regularly married to Adelaide by Rev. Mr.” Swenes, a colored Methodist minster e Senet last Maca in eh Ae OT yenre ago BF at she was married to Geor; Justice Meeks, of Mount Vernon, " Westchester county, N. Y. Soon after the marriage he ram away. In response to this declared that the whoie trouble was jealousy on the res of Joseph, who wanted Adelaide himself, and when he couldn't get her nad sw: to be revenged, Magistrate Mills discharged Adelaide, committed George and held Anna as @ witness. Joseph retired in order to console Adelaide. The Justice thoughs it quite likely he might succeed, MURDERED BY QUEENS COUNTY. A Coroner’s Jury Find Queens County Guilty of Murder. On Friday afternoon Adam Rich started from Winfeld for New York with @ load of comns, Nothing further was seen of him allve, About seven o’clock Joseph Cossad, a Newtown farmer, found the wagon by the side of the road against the fence, and the body of Rich under the hind wheel. ‘The place where he was tound was at the bottom of Betis Hill, on the Woodside and Biissville road, The Toad in that place is in a shocking condition, a nume ber of large boulders being in the middie of it, to avoid Which wagons are compelled to turn to the side of the road. One witness in his evidence stated that the deceased was an industrious and sober man, @ German by birth; that he examined the situation of the wagon immediately after the body was found, and traced the track ol tne wheet to one of the boulders, against which there is no doubt the wheel struck, precipitating the wagon down an embankment twelve feet. Tne jury cen- sured the county and held 1t responsible for the death of Rich, He leaves a wife in destitute cure cumsiances and three children.