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4 NEW RELIGIOUS. Programme of Church Ser- vices To-Day. Rabbi Ahrensohn on Rabbinical Education. Movements of Ministers of All Denominations. Church Services To-Day. Rey. Frank Remington preaches at both services at the South Baptist church. T. G, Forster lectures morning and evening in a trance at Apollo Hall, Rey. Dr. Thompson will preach at both services at Christ Protestant Episcopal church. Divine service will begin at the Church of the Heavenly Rest at eleven o'clock A. M. and four o'clock P. M. Rev. Dr. Flagg discourses at both services at the Church of the Resurrection, There will be preaching morning and afternoon at the West Twenty-fifth street Presbyterian church, Rev. Dr. A. R. Thompson will have reopening services to-day at Rutgers College chapel for St. Paul’s Roformed ghurch. Rey. Mr. vendieton will preach morning and evening at the West Filty-third street Baptist church, Rey, J. E. Cookman preaches at both services at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Services will be held at St. John’s chapel, Varick Street, at half-past ten o'clock A. M., four P. M. and eight P. M. 8.5. Snow, Messenger of Christ, will preach in the University, at three P. M., on “The Impending Crisis, The Fifth avenue Baptist church will be reopened by Rev. Dr. Armitage to-day, ‘Trinity chapel will have two services to-day. Another grand opening will be held at the Chureh of Our Saviour by Rev. J. M. Pullman, ‘There will be no service to-day at the Sixth ave- nue Reformed chureh, Rev. Dr. Cheever holds forth morning and even- ing at the Forty-second street Presbyterian church, ‘This morning, at eleven o'clock, there will be divine service at the Orthodox Eastern (Russian- Greek) chapel, 951 Second avenue, between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets, All persons invited. At Apollo Halli Thomas G. Forster, the trance medium, will occupy the rostrum at half-past ten A.M. and half-past seven P.M. Meeting of chil- dren at twelve M. More lessons for the clergy, by Rev. Charles B. Smyth, at 36 Waverley place, in the American Presbyterian church, In the Free Church of St. Mary the Virgin choral services, with the administration of Holy Commu- nion. H. Morehouse, the Evangelist, will preach in the Baptist church, Seventeenth street and Sixth ave- nue, in the forenoon and evening. In the North Presbyterian church, Ninth avenue‘ and Thirty-first street, services will be resumed. Services will be held three times during the day in St. John’s chapel, Varick street, In Trinity chapel, West Twenty-fifth street, there will be services in the forenoon and evening. A sermon will be preached this evening in the 4atholic Apostolic church, Sixteenth street, be- tween Sixth and Seventh avenues, Greeley vs. Catholics, To THE EpiTor or THE HERALD:— Sim—iIn the campaign tract, copied from the Tribune and entitled “A Democrat's Reason why Horace Greeley will be the Next President,” we read the following remarkable few lines:—‘Horace Greeley was firm in the support of Germany in her tate war with France, He looked upon the contest notas between Germans and Frenchmen, but as between knowledge and liberty on the German side and ignorance, religious bigotry and Popish intol- erance on the French side.’ These are Mr. Gree- ley's sentiments; Von Bismarck, the persecutor of the Jesuits, 18 his champion of liberty. Oh, Catholics! whether German, French, Irish or American, are you not proud of “Hon- est’ Horace’s view of your noble Church, the great civilizer of nations? He forgets the labors of Las Casas. He docs not believe the Catholic priests were the first to unfurl the banner ot liber- ty and teach beneath its flaunting folds that all men—the master as well as the slave—were equal before the Lord. He does not remember, if he has read, that the Jesuits brought many of the republi- can States of South America inte notoriety and es- tablished in them laws so simple, humane and ben- eficial, as regards the prosperity and happiness ot the people, that we doubt old Horace a mself, if elected, will be able to legalize a like result. At present he fancics himself the bald King of Utopia. Jas he ever read the laws of Burgos (Nation- al Quarterly Review, June, 1466)% ‘Those laws declared the Indians free men; they should have cottages and lands of their own and time to work for themselves; they should receive wages, clothes and furniture for their cottages, Had the “intolerant” Catholic Church pursued a similar course to Greeley’s politi- cal champion of liberty, she could never have changed Tierra de Guerra into Terra del Paz, She did not free the Indian to ascend the western mounts and read his doom in the setting sun. Yet Horace would insult the Church of the seven hi!ls, and with her Catholic France, in the hour of her dire distress. None other, during our Revolutionary struggle, when all was’ gloom and despondency, when the stoutest hearts quailed and dreaded the final issue, none other but generous, noble, Cath- olic France came to our succor, and secured il ay to our otherwise hopeless cause. Let all blind bigots, including the “bald King of Utopia,’ never forg:t that “ignorant” France came gener- ously to our assistance, with her treasures, her fleets, her armies, and her liberal aid insured our complete triumph. Catholics, vote for Horace; he, like Bismarck, Will liberate you from the galling yoke of Kome. Vote for him who has such a high opinion of your Chureh. Vote for the reviler of your religion. Yes, vote for him who ts so intimately connected with all the “isms” opposed to Catho- licisia, President Grant has pla confidence in Catholics, It isa well known fact that ‘Honest’ Horace demanded the removal of certain officers fron office simply because ane were Catholics, The President disdainfully rejected the demand. T. GILFORD, 304 Thirty-fourth street. Rabbinical Education. ISRABLITE O Cincinnati, August 22, 1872, RABBL A ARONS Deak Sir—Please excuse me for the announce- Ment that in this week's /sraeltte I have given you @ good, thorough bathing with “nine measures,” for your article in the HERALD; not that I bear you auy grudge or malice, since I have not the pleasure of your personal acquaintance ; but simply because in the first place I consider it wrong in you to er, behind us American Jews “humbug,” as almost ai Europeans unacquainted with our affairs and our men are apt to do, and especially those who see all America in some streets of New York. Neither you nor anyboay clse, in my opinion, tas a right “to make our Saviour ab- horred”’ before the Gentile world. If our rabbis are less acquainted in “the Talmud and Rabbinical codes” it is because they have no need for it they may know @ good many other things mo: = Tul to them and more desirable for the community. It is easy to decide who is more useful to the com- munity—your long-bearded rabbinical scholars or our emooth-faced lecturérs. In the second place, you have no business to creep at the feet of Adler and Einhorn, of woom, if there is anything in you, you must have found out that they are neither “rabbinical scholars” nor doctors of theology (no such tite exists among Jews), nor, indeed, promi- nent scholars in any particular branch, be. yond the common level of well-informed rabbis. You have no business to praise them at the expense of scores of others, who, as regards scholarsh e in advance of those two, for in- stance, H Kalisck, Hirsch, Jastrow, Szold and othe: ri e show anything written by ‘Adler or Kinhorn wateh proves prominent scholar- ship in any branch. ‘lo glory through the disgrace of others is a 1 n thing. In the third place, if you have to write anything for the benefit of your people, why do you go lo the HeRaLp, when there are nine Jewish papers in this country ? and if itis merely to gratify a momentary passion, to say something, whether it will do good or bad, then you deserve mie measures more. This, hope, ex- plains my conduct, which is without malice, whlie, personally, | am, your most obedient, ISAAC M. WISE. The above letter has been sent to me, and 1 could not understand why the writer allowed himself such an insolence against me. The article to which he refers has not been written by me, nor have I ordered or persuaded any person to write such a thing. Iam an oid man of seventy-five yeurs, and have oMciated as teacher of my people since fifty years. For the last eleven years'l have been in this city, and I never tried to push myself forward to the notice of the American public, nor will I com- mence now, at the eve of my life, to do so, Upon the receipt of Mr. Wise’s letter I tried to obtain a copy of the HeRALD where Mr. Deer's article was published, and learned the cause of Mr. Wise’s anger. It seems that there is yet a spark of true Judaism in the heart of Mr. Deér, which prompted him to say the truth in spite of a multitude of such as try to hide it. hope cay that Mr. Deer having placed me on one level with Drs. Adler and Einhorn, did so only with reference to learning, but not to principle. The great scholarship of these two rabbis cannot be denied or slighted, I wish I could say the same with regard to the principles they advocate. | I have no reason whatever to flatter these gentle- men, for I never come into contact with nor do I expoct any favor from them, bout the other persons mentioned by Mr. Wise I know little or nothing. The only thing I see is that they advocate humanity ana morality, which being two principles of our eternal creed, do not embrace all the principles of faith and religion 28 they were taught by our Lawgiver, In short, they display the foliage and some branches of the tree of Knowledge. anstoe the roots which nourish them and even the stem that upholds them. Icannot find fault with Mr. Deer for exposing the true state of Jewish affairs to the “Gentile world.” It is better that our non-Jewish brethren should know the true state of American Judaism than that they should conceive false ideas of our faith and creed in general. Mr, Wise says that “it is easy to decide who 1s more useful to the com- munity,” dc. Ido not see that the English, French or Dutch Jews, or even the Portuguese congrega- tions here, are less useful or in any respect inferlor to those who make such & fuss about their nothing- ness. It is very good of Mr. Wise that he so freely admits that the American rabbis are less ac- quainted in “Talmud and rabbinical codes” than is necessary for a true rabbi. But, if the case Is 80, why do they claim a right to rabbinical positions? You see, Mr. Wise, that your conduct is insolent, inasmuch as you assail an old man without any cause, Your arguments are illogical, for in your own letter th destroy in one statement the whole force of your claims; and you commit the same— viz., “making yourself prominent by causing shame to others”—which you pronounce a “mean thing." Lrepeat here at the conclusion that 1 have not written the article in the HaRaLp nor have I or- dered or persuaded anybody to write it. It having come to my notice in such a strange manner, [ cannot but approve of the truth it contained and bless from my heart the writer who was not afraid to utter his Sentiments on the subject he under- stood so well, and the HERALD, who so impartially gives every well-meaning writer an opportunity to enlighten the world on things which he knows. Iforgive Mr. Wise his impudent conduct, and add here my advice that he should be a little more careful in acting upon his judgment, Claim. ing the rabbinnical honors, it is certainly wrong of him to Ceitter himself as a fulfer of the prophecy of Isaiah iu., 5. Finally, Mr. Wise should be more reful in spelling when he has a mind to quote Hebrew words. JOSE MOSES AHRENSOHN, 45 East BROADWAY, this 30th day of August, 5,633d year of creation. Religious Persecation. To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD :— Persecution for opinion’s sake dates almost from the commencement of the world, Adam and Eve were banished from the Paradisical garden for re- bellion and dissension, Did not God assist the Israelites to make war on and destroy the sur- rounding Gentile nations for their idolatry and wickedness? The divine law given to Moses was the law of God to man, and therefore any dissent from that law was punishable, We see, then, that error, from the first, according to God’s command, should be hunted down anda persecuted. This could be practically carried out, as all along during the four thousand ages of the Jewish nation there was a union of Church and State. When the Jewish Church was superseded by Christianity, and the doctrines enunciated by the. God-man in lonely Judea were gathered -up in the form of a living Church = and launched out as a frail bark in the stormy waters of paganism, idolatry and worldly sensuality, it met with persecution from the side of error, as error was the stronger. Christianity, unlike Judaism, was not established surrounded by tem- poral power, but as a purely spiritual kingdom, sent to operate on and leaven by spiritual wea- pons the corrupt mass of pagan idolatry. God was not with it temporally, bat spiritually, God was with the Apostles, to enable them to endure mar- tyrdom for His sake, as well as fe was with Moses, He assisted and buoyed up amid the bit- ter waters of heathen persecution the infant Church; but He was not present clothed with tem- poral poWer, as He was with Moses, But Cnris- tianity at length triumphed, and with the accession to power of Constantine, the first Christian Em- peror of Rome, there was a renewal of the union of Church and State. When Christianity got clothed with temporal power, supported by the secular arm of the State, then {t began to put down error by the strong arm of persecution. And had not the true Chureh of Christ the legitimate power, from God, both in the old and the new Scriptures, to crush down error? The Nestorians, Waldenses, Abigenses, Anabap- tists, Socinians and other heretics of tne early and middle ages, unsupported as they were by mate- rial power, were at once crushed by the Church, aided by the State. What was it that permitted the Eastern Church, in_ the thirteenth century, to separate from Rome? Wasit not backed up by ‘the growing Empire of Russia, and aiso by Turkey? The revolt of Luther, in the sixteenth century, would have suffered, as did the Anabaptists or Nes- torlans, only that in Germany, by Charles V., and in England, by Henry VIL, it was supporte: by the strong arm of the State. when it got But heresy soon began. stronger, to persecute Christianity. The tortures of the Inquisition, the massacre of St. Bartholomew, to Christianity were logically sanctioned by tne civil policy of the Jewish nation under divine rule; but heresy, taking advantage of the precedent, each insignificant sect velieving itself Cliristianity, n to repeat tac lessons of history, and the fires of Smithfleld, the massacres of Cromwell, the burn- ing of Servetus, were some of its persecutions, Now, allowing that the true Church of Christ has the right from God to crush out error, where will we find the true Church of Christ? That apos- tolic Church that was appointed by Jesus Christ; that Church that leavened the corrupt mass of pagan idolatry; that Church that sent its mission- aries over Europe and made it blossom tn the full- ness of Christian truth; that Church, ters an uninterrupted succession of fifteen hundred ages, kept civilization on a Christian basis; that Church which to-day, in the ripeness of nineteenth century civilization asserts the CT ern f of the Gospel over States and Empires, rulers and leaders, kalsers and kings; that Church which is the mother of civilization ; that Church which is the only living embodiment of Christianity in the modern world; that Church, and that Church only, is the true Church of Christ. Some say that the Catholic Church is in tavor of religious toleration; but this is wrong—she is intolerant. If she'ls the Church of God she has a right to oppose error. Religious toleration 1s the doctrine of modern liberalism. Protestantism broke up the union of Church and State, and Christianity is, therefore, thrown back into .the missionary condition of the apostolic days. Modern governments, for the most part, in both Europe and America, are unchristian, and Christianity therefore no longer influences the actions of States. But the days of religious persecution for conscience in the face of modern liberalism are past. We hear lately of that brutal tyrant, Bismarck, driving that great_evan- gelical society, the Jesuits, from Prussia, This is the old persecution over again of Nero or Attilla. But this age has declared for moral and political liberalism; for liberty of conscience; for liberty of person and property; for liberty in the fullest and even in the most extrava- gant sense, The Christian State had a right to unish heresy, but the modern anti-Christian State Bas no right to lay nands on Christianity. At an: rate, the days of religious persecution are passed, and any Power, in the face of the liberal ideas of the age, that attempts to revive it, is digging its own grave. Ww. 6. D, Ministerial Movements, Changes, &e. METHODIST. The new Methodist Episcopal church at Harts- dale, N. Y., will be dedicated to-day. Rev. 8. D. Brown, D. D., Rev. John Parker and others are announced to take part in the services. The new Methodist Episcopal church at Baldwin's, L. L, Rev. M. Hubbell, pastor, will be dedicated to-day. Bishop Harris, Rev. Dr, True and Rev. George Lansing Taylor are expected to preach. Rev, James Morrow, of the Irish Wesleyan Conference, arrived here last week with the purpose of entering the itinerant ministry in this country. Rev. Dr. Reid, Missionary Secretary, left this city on Tuesday morning for the West. He will make an ofictal visit to the Western conferences before his return, ‘The United Methodist Free Church Conference of England has elected Rev, J. 8. Withington president and Rev. John Adcock secretary. Dr. M. D. C. Crawford and Rev. A. D, Vail, of this city, have been enjoying a “recreating” trip to Lake Superior. Dr. L. S Weed, pastor of John street chareh, expects to spend a portion of the month of September in Minnesota, with a view to the benefit of his wife's health, Rev. B. W. Chase, pastor of the church at Laconia, N. H., has been obliged by hemorrhage of the lungs to suspend his labors for aseason, In 1860 the total number of Wesleyan isters in Great Britain, Ireland, the foreign ssions and the affiliated conferences was 1,827; in 1871 there were 2,482; increase, 655. In 1860 | there were 402,667 members; in 1871, 682,540; in- crease, 80,873. The members of foreign mtasion churches are 70,168, In 1860 there were nine cir- cuits in London, now there are aineteen: then thirty-four ministers, now sixty-nine. A few Methodists have organized a church in Whitefield, N. H., and placed themeelves under the pas- toral care of Rev. Professor Robbins, late of Drew Seminary, Carmel, N, ¥, The Meth- odist Episcopal church in Lisbon, N. HL, Rev. J. H. Brown, pastor, is enjoying a religious revival and great spiritual prosperity. The Methodists of Bath, N. H., six years ago were deeded a church edifice by General Jackman on condition that they would sustain Methodist preaching there for two consecutive years, They failed to do this, and the building has now been transferred to the Roman Catholics of that place. Served them right. The Rey. A. 0, Abbott, who has been ministering with great acceptance to the Methodists of Landaff, N. H., has resigned his pastorate to complete his theological studies. Rev. Charles B. Pitblado, the new pastor of the Congress street Methodist church, Portland, Me., commenced his labors with that parish last Sabbath. His introductory dis- course was highly entertaining and thoroughly evangelical. Tae Garden street Methodist church, Lawrence, Mass., has been the scene of much earnest religious labor for months. Over one hun- dred and five persons bore testimony for Jesus in the regular prayer meeting last Sabbath evening. The pastor, Rev. L. P, Cushman, has baptized sixty-six persons since conference in April last. Sinners come to the altar seeking Christ at every prayer meeting, and the youn; converts are counted by scores, Rev. Dr. E, E. Chambers, late Presiding Elder of Niagara district, Western New York Conference, recently gransferred to the Newark Conference, and stationed at Hacketts- town, N. J., has come East to enter upon his pas- toral work, He spent last Sabpath at Sea Clift Grove, BAPTIST. ‘The directors of the Fredericton Baptist Semi- nary, Canada, have voted to pes the Seminary in the hands of a committee, for the purpose of aiding oung men in the preparation for the ministry, The By tist assoclations at their annual meetings now being und hereafter to be held are discussing the question of introducing a little Presbyterian polity into their church government, so far as repre- sentation in thelr missionary boards is concerned, Rev. Harry Smith, for the last six months the pul- ay supply of the South street Baptist church of ndianapolis, Ind, has received a unanimous call to the pastorate of said church, and has accepted the same. Rev, J. B. Sharp, of Dar- lington, Wis., has been compelled to retire fora time trom the work of the ministry on account of ill health, The Rev. G. H. Miner has resigned at East Cambridge, Mass., to accept a call to the church at Newburyport. There are forty-six Baptist associations in the State of New York. Thirty of these bodies are to meet in annual ses- sion in the next two mouths, embracing nearly seventy thousand communicants, The Rev. George A, Pelta has decitned the call to the pastorate of the Baptist church in Cambridgeport, Mass, The new house of worship of the First Baptist church of Laingsburg, Mich., will be dedicated on Thursday, Septemper 6; Rev. J. McLeod pastor. The Rev. E. T. Winkler, D, D., has removed his pastoral rela- tions from Charleston, S.C., to Marion, Ala, A Baptist exchange says that its denomination have Methodist tterancy without the Methodist system. In the Taunton Association, it says, ‘out of sixteen churches only one pastor has been settled over five years, while a majority have been settled within two years, Of the 201 pastors in Massq- chusetts only twelve have been settled over ten years.” PRESBYTERIAN. The new Presbyterian church in Bedford, N. Y., recently dedicated, is a free git fom F, A. Palmer, President of the Broadway Bank, to the Pres- byterians of his native place, The professors of Danville Seminary, Ky., Revs. S, Yerkes, D. D.; G. D. Archibald, D. D., and 8. H. McMullen, have resigned, owing to internai trouble caused by Rev. N. West, D.D. The trustees tried to induce Dr. West to resign, but he wouldn’t. They therefore closed the institution temporarily. It 18 stated in a Presbyterian exchange that there are 600 ee ized churches under the care of the Gener: sembly whi have no houses of worship. The Rey. John McVey, having recently accepted the cail of the First Presbyterian church of Dayton, expects to remove tluther from Lebanon Sars early in September. The Rev. C. 8, Pomeroy, of the Ross street Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, is expected to return from elds) about September 15, and meantime Rey. J. M. Gibson, of Montreal, will reach in his church to-day, ‘and perhaps next Sab- bath also, ‘The Rev. Samuel Carlile, of Brooklyn, New York, is to supply the church at Evansville, lud., fora year, Rev. A. S, Gardner, a year or two since installed pastor of the new Presbyterian herp ie Jauaica Plains, near Boston, has re- signed. EPISCOPALIAN. Rev. Mr. Lamson, recent rector of «he American Episcopal Church at Paris, has entered the Church of England and taken charge of Holy Trinity church, an extremely ritualistic establishment at Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight. Forty clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this city have no parochial charge. The Rey. William G, Sumner, rector of the church of Morristown, N. J., and for- merly assistant at Calvary church, New York, has been recently elected Professor of Political Science at Yale College. The movement for the establish- ment of “Free Churches of England” is gaining ground in various parts of the country. It is report- edthata free churoh is proposed jor Tunbridge Wells, and another for Cardiif, and that services have been begun inthe Philharmonic Hall, South- ampton. Bis! oF Miles, of the Colored bed Church of America, has invited delegates from the annual Conferences to meet in Augusta, Ga., to elect a bishop in Shes of Bishop Vanderhorst, de- ceased. Bishop F. D. Huntington makes appeal over his own name for several boys known to him, who are weil fitted by character, disposition and intellectual promise tu become candidates for the ministry. hey meed and ardently «desire a thorough education, but are unable to obtain it, and thelr parents are unable to provide it for them, Some of them are the sons of clergy- men devotedly engaged in their calling, but so poor that they can scarcely sup- port their children at home, The Rev. Rufus G, Emory has accepted the rectorship of St. Paul's, Newburg, N. Y. CONGREGATIONAL. Henry Ward Beecher believes in ministerial amusements in general and croquet in particular. The Rev. William K. Hall, of Stratford, Conn., has succeeded Rev. George Pierce as pastor of the Con- regational church, Paterson, THE SAINTS’ REST. Close of Sea Cliff and Ocean Grove Camp Meetings. sas iat he Another Year's Respite—The Sea Cliff Saints Not Land Speculators—“‘We Be All Honest Mon” —A Hard Jersey Road to Travel— Four Hours’ Journey by Sea and Land from the City of Destrno- tion to the Promised Land. SEA OLIFF. Sea Cuirv, August 30, 1872, This magnificent enterprise—or, as one of the religious editors defines 1t, ‘a camp meeting with the camp meeting left out’’—has now become a thing of the past. It closed last night in the usual orthodox fashion. Its managers express them- selves perfectly satisfied with its success; but in doing so they must base their calculations upon other figures than those representing conversions or sanctifications. They have certainly made a little “sensation” by getting two or three proml- nent Baptists to participate in their services, albeit one of them was once and for several years an hon- ored Methodist minister. But the inference drawn by the HerALD and by many visitors to the grounds, that the presence of these notable clergymen, and the announcement of the presence of others who failed to kecp thelr engagements, was a clever advertising dodge to ald the sale of lots, the trustees and members of the association indignantly deny and condemn. Three orfour of thom tackled me in the tabernacle on Wednesday night, during the progress of the prayer meeting which succeeded the sermon by Rev, Mr. Bancroft, of Troy, and so enraged was one good brother that I knew not what moment he might call for “PISTOLS AND COFFEE FOR TWO’? A tragedy in such a place would be a terrible thing; but as soon as discretion took control of his tem- per he admitted that “the devil is not so black as he is painted.” The closing line in my last letter, in which I stated that “spiritually the meeting was adead failure, but speculatively a grand success,” these good brethren deemed a very severe criicism, and Rey. Mr. Corbitt, in closing a grand hallelujah sermon, bade them remove this re- proach. But the hardest thing of all was the “headings,” which impugned their motives, and intimated that the English Baptist orator was introduced as “a side show” to help forward the financial caste of the enterprise. The trustees most heartily disclaimed any mercenary motive in the matter, and from my knowledge of the religious labors of several of them on the ground I can readily believe it. But another trus- tee of equa! responsibility, to whom I spoke about. the apparent subordination of the spiritual to the financial part of the enterprise, admitted that this was the fact, and that it must necessarily be so until the camp was more firmly established. And this feature, I think, has been patent to most per- sons who have visited Sea Cliff, and it is useless to deny it or try to evade it. The encampment has all the natural attractions, and the committee are adding many artificial ones, which must make it in time what, a year ago, the HERALD predicted it would become, THE CAMP GROUND OF THE FUTURE. It is designed ultimately to revolutionize the plan of camp meetings and to iead them all as asum- mer resort for Christian families, And no one who has seen the grounds, or with whom I have con- versed, or whose opinion I have heard, has been otherwise than delighted with the cireum- stances and surroundings of the encampment. Hence about eleven hundred of the 1,680 lots surveyed and placed on the market have been taken up, and last week (23d inst.) the trustees by a unanimous resolution raised the price of the remaining six or seven hundred lots to $250 each. They are also surveying a few acres of wooded cliff land,jto be sold at auction about the 20th of Septem- ber at $250 a lot, with premium for choice lots. So that, as one of the trustees remarked to me yester- day, they are now in a condition not to care whether the papers speak well or ill of them. It does make a strange impression upon one’s mind to look first at the inscription on the flag which floats from the staif on the Tabernacle, and then at the conspicuous notices in large type of the new price of lots. “THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S” AT $250 A LOT, forty by sixty feet. Tne notices to which I refer also warn delinquents who have subscribed for lots to pay up before September 5, else they will forfeit all claim to the lots, avhich will after that date be thrown open to purchase by others. Upon inquiry llearn that a great many persons subscribed for choice lots last spring, but have not paid a dollar on them yet, hoping in the interim to make a ttle money by speculating in the same as the improvements might go forward. These cman however, will pega have to surrender their lots, Some of the trustees with whom I taiked admit that “outsiders” have bought ev. he jn, late pastor of the Congre; jonal church at Burlington, Vt., has accepted the professorship of Greek In Williams College. There are in Ohio 200 Congregational churches, of which 132 are supplied, two by men from other denominations, while forty are vacant. Of 146 mintsters in the State, 101 are pastors. The total church membership reported is 17,281. Pupils in Sabbath schools number 20,000, Total amount of contributions last year $217,748. Rev. M. L. Gordon, Congregation a@ graduate of Andover, who has since studi medicine, has sailed from San Francisco for see under the direction of the American Board. Rev. Dr. Bud- dington, of Brooklyn, is spending his vacation at St. John, N. B., with a party of parishionera. REFORMED DUTCH, Rev. V. M. Hulbert, D. D., was installed pastor of the Reformed church at Stone Ridge on August 21, Rev, Mr. Kellogg, of Saratoga, has been called to the Reformed church at Passaic. Rev. Robert Doig has been called to the churches of Berne and Beay- erdam, N. Y. Rev. K. W. Bentley, of Ellenville, N. Y., has been called to the Reformed church, New Haven, Rev. Mr. McKelvey, pastor of the Re- formed church, in Kent street, Brooklyn, E. D., owing 40 domestic afiliction, has been compelled to resign his charge. LUTHERAN. Rey. Dr. Muse, pastor of the German Lutheran chusch on High street, Columbus, Ohio, has noti- fied his congregation that the communion will hereatter be withheld from ail members of secret, societies, The result is that a large portion of his members have withdrawn. Staten Island has three German Lutheran congregations, ROMAN CATHOLIC, It is decreed that in all Roman Catholic ceme- teries in Chili a portion of the ground shall be set apart for the interment of the Protestant dead, Dr. Dollinger, of Munich, has recejved the degree of LL.D. trom Edinburgh University. On Sunday last, Rey. Bishop Loughlin dedicated a Catholic cemetery at Oyster Bay, L. I. The tract of land devoted to this purpose was purchased by those under the pastoral care of Rev, Father McEnroe, ‘The Woss Gazette attirms that the great Catholic Powers have, each some cardinals at, Rome whom they subsidize in order to induce them to protect their interesta. Austria has only two in her pay, but France has at least eight. MISCELLANBOUS, Rev. Professor George N. Webber, of Middlebury College, is spending his vacation in the country of the Red River of the North. ‘The Hawaiian Evan- gelical Association, at its late meeting, resolved to establish a Theological Seminary at Honolulu, Theological instruction has heretofore been given In private classes by single missionaries, but now a thoreughly organized seminary is to be established, It has been proposed to have an hour each week set apart for Christians throughout the world to unite in earnest prayer. The Edwards church, in Northamption, have placed a drmking- fountain in| the vestibule of their meet- ing-house. The Swedenborgian church re- cently held its flity-third annual convention in Boston, They report nineteen societies in Mas- sachusetts and about ten cach in Ohio, liinots and Minnesota. The Protestant population of France is 672,749, including 86,041 inscribed electors. Of these 82,602—but little more than ono-third—voted for the members of the Synod of the Reformed Church of France. Rey, Charles H. Brigham, of Ann Arbor, preached in Rev. Mr. Hall's church, Boston, last Sunday, It is said that the Rev. Mr. Spurgeon will visit Brooklyn in the Autumn as the guest of Dr. Talmage, and will probably preach for himin the Taberuacie, The Kationalist churches in Berlin are oan Those of believ- | ing preachers are full. In one of the most | populous districts of Berlin recently the pastor of | a church found no one present but the sexton to hear his sermon. Kev. Dr. Collier, of Chicago, in a sermon preached by him in Cambridge, Mass., last Sunday on the treatment of crime, took the ground that crime is a disease and its true remedy is sym- pathy. Soclety, he declared, can reach criminais in no other way, and its jails and penitentiaries should be converted into hospitale the treat. ment Of disordered sauls. up lots for speculative purposes; but no member of the association nor of the Board of Trustees, they say, has made a dollar, nor do they intend to do so by this means. If they ever get back what they have already expended, and what they e: ct still further to lay out, they will be quite sa‘isfled, they say, But it will be some years before they can re- ceive their own back ay , Much less make any- thing by the enterprise. And so rapidly were the choice Jots selling off that had not the trustees raised the price they would not be able, they say, to meet the current expenses for improvements and keeping the grounds in proper order. Already a contract has been — entered into to transplant several hundred shade trees: from the grove to the camps, at $1 2 each. Considering that there are nearly a score miles of strects laid out or to be latd out there, this will form no inconsiderable item of expense. Streets and walks are to be graded, fences and walls erected, obstructions to sea views removed, and other improvements made which will swell the items of expense. THE GRANDEST VIEW OF SRA AND LAND to be found anywhere on Sea Cliff has fallen to the choice of Mr. Stephen Barker, on the corner of Summit and Prospect avenues. It is a location fit for a palace, and as Mr. Barker has not been in a hurry to build, but is content to dwell tn tents, like the patriarchs of old, doubtless he intends to put ap aa, that shall befit the location, A sweep of twenty miles or more of land and water, cover- ing three States, is not to be seen every day from one int. Across the street, Messrs. Applegate and Battershall have erected two neat cottages, and near by Rev. Mr. Bowditch, the Metho- dist pastor of the — vill church and one of the early movers in this enterprise, has lots and intends to build ere next Summer's sun rises on the encampment. A little higher up on Summit avenue the Messrs. McCormack have erected a very handsome double Swiss cottage, with orna- mental veranda running all around. It coat, I understand, about three thousand dollars, Right on the clif, a stone’s throw from Prospect avenue, Alderman John Falconer has a neat cottage, an not tar off Rev. Mr. Boole, the President of the “sea Cluf Grove and Metr 6 sae vamp Ground Association,” has acottage. Messrs. Dubvise, Had- den, Alfonso and others also have cottages on the ground, and altogether either completed or in process of erection there ate eighteen of those Christian Summer homes on Sea Clit. But the handsomest and costliest of all jthat I have seen ts one now in process of building for Mr. Hartshorne, of Providence, not 4 Methodist, but a staid Presby- terian gentleman. By this time next year, if the portent is tully carried out, there will be not jess than one hundred cottages on the encamp- ment. I made inqniries regarding a statement that had been made to me that Rev. Mr. Boole, the Presi- dent of the Cee oe had reserved to himself five acres of the choicest lots for speculative pur- es, but I was assured that was not the case. Himseif and Mr. Cromwell, the secretary, and an- other, were ;the original purchasers of the camp ground, and when they had formed the association they handed over every rod of ground at the origi- pal cost price, but requested permission, which was granted to them, to retain this plot for im- provement of their own building sites. There was no idea whatever of speculation connected with it. Lremarked to a trustee that I had heard aiso that Mr. Boole made $10,000 by « similar speculation in ots at Ocean Grove; but this, too, on good au- thority, was declared to be not so,and I was further assured that MR. BOOLE IS TO-DAY A POOR MAN. Besides the ministerial notables already referred to as being on the ground, Bishop Harris and faml- ly were present. The Bishop ook no part in the services, however, except that of an attentive lis- tener and worshipper. Dr. Newman was there from Tuesday until the close of the meeting. He reached the great sermon of the encampment yes- Vorday afternoon. The Doctor is — remarka- bly well, but a little tanned from his Summer so- ning at Long Branch with the President. I learned iucidentatly that the day the Doctor left the Branch for the Clif the President had been twice on his kneea ia prayer with the Doctor; and thouch General Grant 1s not 8 professing Christian, he is an an: seeker shor salvation. A PRESIDENT ON HIS KNEES! What a sight! The aonqueror of armies, the rep- resentative of forty jons of pennte bowing a3 & fonitantene acknowledging himself a sinner before ne ike other men. For he, too, has sinned, like o ‘The inflexibility of Methodist camp meeting laws and the President's obedience to law and recogni- tion of its authority were strikingly illustrated by an incident that was related to me here. Last Sun- day morning Dr. Newman had been invited to Ea at Ocean Grove, and President Grant was to ‘ave accompanied him thither. Rev. Mr. Stokes, the President of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, who had given the invitation, saw no harm in admitting the President and his chaplain in a carriage tl the gates into the sanctified city on the Sapbath. But as soon as Rev. Mr. Inskip heard of it he “put his foot down” and insisted that the eecon should be kept shut and that the Presi- dent should obey the camp laws like any other per- son, When the facts of the case were laid before the President he quietly approved of the inflexibility of the laws, and remarked that while they remained unrepealed they should be en- forced equally toward all men. ‘The result was that Dr. Newman went out to the Grove atone on Satur- day and preached for the people that evening, aud the next morning Mr. Inskip mounted the stand and proclaimed the -glad tidings. I haa a short conversation with Dr. Newman at this place, and though it is now perhaps three months since he preached in Eighteenth street Methodist Episcopal church, New York, he has not forgotten the tl. cism of the HERABD on his “campaign sermon.” He felt very bad about it at the time, and he feels a little so yet. He remarked that were the angel Gabriel to run for the office of President of the United States he (Dr. Newman) would not so de- grade his office, as a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, as to mention his name in a sermon. He never mentioned General Grant's name, and the report he declared was incorrect. And then the itor came out naxt day in A FLAMING EDITORIAL egainas his “campaign sermon.” He had a thought, he said, of writing to the HERALD a cor- rection, but he was afraid of getting into news- paper controversy. Me recognized the power of the HERALD, and, had he written, he should have acknowledged, as he did to its correspondent, in the presence of others, that whatever of influence or power he has to-day as a minister or an orator he owes It to the HERALD. This paper has always treated him fairly and well, and though this criti- cism was very severe on him, he conciuded to let it pass. Lassured the Doctor that I betieved the columns of the HERALD were open to him at all times for correction of any matter or for corre- spondence on any subject. He acknowledged its independence and fairness in all matters, and ex- pressed his confidence in its editor's desire to set forth the truth about every man and everything. Last month Sea Clift Association farmed out the dining halls to individuals, but fixed the price of board at $1 25 per day, or $1 per day for five or more days; but this month they have run them themselves, under the superintendence of one of those persons to whom they were let last month. They have retained the price at $1 25 per day, no matter how long you stay. THE BOARD WAS VERY GOOD for the money, but the service in the dining halls was, after Sunday, decidedly bad. A little of the mutinous spirit was manifested by the colored servants‘on Monday, and on Tuesday about twenty of them left the encampment. On that day there was a great influx of ministers to the grounds to hear the Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, and a3 many of these as could be seated at one or two tables were so placed, and monopolized so many of the few remaining waiters that the other boarders had to run about and help themselves to whatever the; could get. Every man had to serve himself and his family or let them go without food. The next day it was a little better, because the great rush was past, and so oe a dozen or more waiters left the encampment on Wednesday, boarders were better attended to. Complaints long and loud had been made of their treatment the day betore, and the trustees probably saw that if they would make @ good impression for another year they must look well to this. It is folly to ignore the close relation- ship that exists between a good dinner well served a good prayer meeting well attended and di- rected. But as in this case the spiritual was subor- dinated to the financial, there was the greater rea- son why the physical man should be well cared for, There are two of these large dining halls on the ground, numbered 1 and 2, No. 1is on the north end of the campers and No. 2is on a little hill on the south, overlooking @ part of HEMPSTEAD BAY AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY. Last month the complaints were made againat No. | that the food was bad and the service no vetter. This time the complaints were made against No. 2; but inasmuch as the association ran both of them at this meeting, I could not see any good reason ay there should be any difference in the treatment of cach until it was suggested to me that last month they were anxious to sell their cliff and wooded lots, and, hence, furnished better board and attendance at No. 2 than at No. 1; whereas now the desire is to dispose of lots at the other end of the ground, and visitors are invited to go there by better board and better service at No.1. This, however, I don’t think satisfactory. My boarding experience was confined to pne hall, 8o that I cannot tell how others fared elsewhere. nor do I know whether lots sold faster at one end of the ground than the otier, But as tho associa- tlon had nothing to do with the board last month but to ix the maximum limit of cost, I fail to see why the lessees of the halis should bring pecuniary loss upon themselves to enable the trustees to make money, I understand that both the lessees of last month lost money and that is why the trus- tees run them now. OCEAN GROVE OAMP MEETING. OoBAN Grove, August 30, 1872. Yesterday the clouds that had gathered black- ness all the forenoon burst in a cold ratn storm in the afternoon and bronght dismay to many who had come down to the grove to witness the kissing and handshaking that usually uttend a camp meeting closing. The steamer Plymouth Rock steamed out from pier 23 North River at four o'clock with a large number of visitors to Long Branch and a goodly few for Ocean Grove. A ride ofan hour anda half brought the ship’s company to Sandy Hook, and another half hour's ride in the cars of the New Jersey Southern Railroad brought them to the Branch. Here several stages awaited the arrival of the trains to convey passengers to the camp grove. There are two lines of these stages running in opposition, but the only benefit that passengers receive by the competi- tion is that they arrive a little quicker by the oppo- sition than by the “regular” line. There is no re- duction of fare either, but there is this advantage to. travellers going by the ‘regular’ line, that its stages are allowed to enter the camp grounds, while the opposition must “dump” them at the gate, about three-quarters of a mile from the camp hotels and preaching tents. And for this privilege I was informed that the proprietors of the regular line pay a tax to the camp meeting association of ten cents per passenger bronght to the grounds. I was assured upon good authority, however, that the railroad company were the parties who paid this tax, and not the stage company. These stages are very pleasant for fair weather riding, but when you have to travel a distance of seven miles over A JERSEY RED MUD ROAD with the rain pouring in in front, behind and on ail sides, the imagination is by no means carried away with their beauty. The time occupied in going over this road of seven miles was exactly one hour and thirty-five minutes. It was completely dark when We reached the grove, and the soft roads there were so badly cut up that rute and pools of water existed every few rods: and this morning, in front of one of the principal hotels in the encamp- ment, a pool of water Oiled the roadway so deep that the little lads amused themselves by wading in bare-footed and ankle decp, to sail their minia- ture boats. And through some of this, myself and others had to wade last night to get supper and bed, And what a supper! A cup oflukewarm tea and Q little minced ham, The bread and the flour had already given ont, and they had neither loaf nor bun. A few “hard tack” took their place, and with these and a little butter and a stewed pear thrown in we had to make our feast and be thankfal, as of course we all were. The rain continued to pour in torrents, so that praying or preaching in tents or grove was out of the question. The dining hall of the Howland Hotel was there- fore converted into a preaching place, and a meet- ing was organized and “bossed” by Rev. Mr. Os- born, of Florida, the man to whom the Ocean Grove Camp Mecting owes its being. He it was who first discovered the beauty and conveniance of the place for such a purpose, and went areund among his Methodist friends in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia and raised money to purchase the bons f grounds, 300 acres in extent, And froma small begining it has grown within three years to be a respectable little summer. village, containing between two and three hundred cottages, some of them very pretty and costly. Short exhortations were given at the meeting by Dr, Carsner, Mr. Osborn and others, and after @ few prayers, “experiences were in order. I heard several of these; but they were of the stereo- typed, ‘sanctified’ order, and contained nothing new. Toward the close a ‘‘mourner’s bench’ was improvised, and seekers of sanctification or of jus- tifleation were invited to step forward and be prayed for. But they evidently did not relish the po- sition very much, for after repeated efforts but two or three of the former class knelt at the hench ana were made the subjects of prayer. The spd closed soon alter ten o'clock and without muc! enthusiasm. AN “EXPERIENCE” MEETING ‘was held about the same time in Dr. Ward's tent. Dr. Ward is Preabyterian brother from New. ark, who has fo the doctrine of sanotifi. Oa Nk i ce a a iG YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. camp meetings, and has s hand- the beach. idling back th: the rain and mud to room I found my bed Cag ny by accordingly tumbied into the first found vacant. A couple of my room mates were sea sick during the night and suffered greatly, but after retching and tossing until break of d they anatched a little rest and appeared to revive. T arose early and took a walk down to the beach a around the hereomyre fs ag The beach gave evidence of the Hlerceness of the storm that raged during the night, and the grandeur of the waves that rolled over sand hills twenty or thirty feet high and two or three hundred feet from the ocean level leit their own imprint. The view from the beach Is certainly very fine, and for those who like to look continually upon old ocean hymning his eternal chorus upon the shore this Camp ground 1s emi- nently fitted for the purposes to which it haa been dedicated. But it is not the place for variety. The “grove” is very extensive, but there is ve: little of grove about it. The trees are too slokiy and too stunted in growth, and not large and thick enough to alford shelter from the sun, and Old Sol can peer through any I ophe of the grove, and strike the saints on the head or face and show them no quarter. But the heat is breeze which constantly bi Wesley Lake ts a ti val arm of the sea, about a mile long, separated, however, from the ocean by @ narrow sand bank, over which ide sweeps in its majesty'and height. Fish isc and old and young amuse themsel boating and fishing, When the weatier is milder than it was last evening and tue sea is calmer than it was this morning the campers go OUT ON THE OCEAN SAILING and fishing, and hence those who live in cottages ‘nd board themselves can live cheaply. The bath- ing, Lam informed, is not good. The “undertow” is very dangerous, and @ minister told me that he came so near being carried ont by it a short time ‘ago that he disposed of a lot which he owned and gave up this camp ground forever. He could nos trust his children in the water alone, and he could not be always with them. t seven o'clock breakfast was served. It con- sisted of blue fish, fried, to begin with, and the same thing for second and third course. Some one asked for beefsteak, and after a long time the waiter brought a few scraps of heet on a dish, - from the dinner of the previous No one touched them, and they doubtless be for another time. " Before and after breakfast Pi ded and experience meet- ings were held in a t, and “the old, old story’? Was told and sung ovewagain. At nine o'clock the stages left tne ground to meet the train at Long Branch for Sandy Hook, and a great many returned to New York, The roads were in better condition than could ba expected after the rain and the cut- ting up they had the night before. But the red mud of Jersey, which is a species of red sand-stone clay, dries readily, and when not too dry to become dusty it formsa very fair country roadbed. Thare is a good view of the ocean for a great part of the distance between Ocean Grove and Long Branch. At the latter place the road runs between PRESIDENT GRANTS TWO COTTAGES, one of which ex-Collector Murphy is supposed to have given to the President, but which, he says, he didn’t give, and the other the handsomest cottage in the Branch was built by the President himself, but at present rented out, ‘The steamer Jesse Hoyt did not start on time nor run on time, but the din- ner gong was sounded on time, and her inference in many minds was that the delay was planned to give an appetite to the passengers, that they might Partake ofits provision. Soon after one o'clock She touched her dock, and then there was a scram- ble and a race to see who should get off first, and every man went unto his own place. EXILED FRIARS IN CALIFORNIA. ne Popular Sympathy in Their Behalf—A Festival Heid to Raise Fund:—$25,000 Realized for the Benefit of the Exties— Expulsion of Religious Orders From San Salvador—Their Probable Arrival in New York. The HERALD has on one or two occasions given particulars of the banishment of about forty Capu- chin and Franciscan friars from Guatemala and their arrival in San Francisco. The circumstances attending the enforced exile of these priests were peculiarly severe and harrassing, as they were al- lowed only a few hours to prepare for a long land journey and a further sea voyage of thousands of miles, The revolutionary government acted in a manner, to say the least, exceedingly inconside- Tate, and soon after the arrival of the clergymenin California one of their number died and wasinterred with more than ordinary impressive ceremonies, Sympathy for the strangers was evinced generally, without respect to creed; and the indignation manifested when it became known that they were in utterly destitute circumstances was very de- cided and not confined to any class of the commu. nity. If the present age is greatly in advance of the past in any one particular, it is in liberality of feeling which suffering or persecution of any kind excites in civilized communities, The California papers, irrespective of party predilections, take pride in stating that in their State, so favored by nature, sectarian prejudices have seldom troubled the residents; and never, on any occasion, have been more generous sentiments expressed or charitable feelings more conspicuously shown than in the treatment given the exiled friars on their arrival. To aid them in their distressed condition was the first consideration of the Californians, THE FESTIVAL, A grand fete was organized, continuing three days, Which netted $25,009 in gold coin. It ended on the 22d instant, and the money has been sately deposited to the credit of the exiled fathers. Aimost the entire population took part in the fes- tival, and it is estimated that at least fifty thousand pens visited the grounds where it was held. ‘he Consuls General of France, Austria and Spain ade cadts presided at the literary exevcises, and Str Denis J. Oliver (a brother-in-law of Dr. McUlynn of this city) was most active in promoting the suc- cess of the affair, Mr. Oliver was last year created a knight bythe Pope. The military companies of the city also visited the grounds in uniform, and one of the features of the occasion was the vot for @ goki headed cane to be presente to either Grant or Greeley, according to the highest number of votes recorded tor the respective Presidential candidates, A fee, of course, was charged for the privilege of voting, and it turned out that Greeley received a largo ae The cane is to be sent on at once to the Sage of Chappaqua. The fund raised for the benefit of the friars places them beyond any possi- ble want in the future, and as there is a wide fleld for missionary labors among the Mexican and Span- ish population of California, their services will n0 doubt be availed of for this purpose, EXPULSION FROM SAN SALVADOR. The policy of the Guatemalan revolutionary gov- ernment has svon found imitators among the neigh- boring republics. The authorities of San Salv: are determined in the expulsion of the Jesuits and other clerical orders. La Tribuna says the Bishop of Teya has been banished from the country, and with the hope of finding a temporary asylum had left for Nicaragua. He was accompanied by a large number of priests, who were likewise forced to quit the Republic. The party, who tested in vain against their expulsion, had serious doubts ag to the reception they would meet in Nicaragua, and expected finally to proceed to New York. The Salvadorian government announces its intention of also expeiling the Capuchins, who have a monastery at Santa Tecla. The only (at given for the persecution of these clerics is that they are supposed to be [a oe to the_revolu- Lethe arty that now rules the ttshae It is ro- markabie that in the south of Europe, in Bavarla and along the Danube, there are no more popular friars than the Capuchins. The pecnle have the greatest affection for them, as they spring from and mingle more than the members of other orders with the people. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN IN NEWARK. Mrs. Catherine Mulrine died yesterday at No. 232 High street, Newark, at the age of 106 years and 10 months. She was a native of the county of Donegal, Ireland, and came to this country twenty- five years ago, when she settled in New York. Eleven years after her arrival she removed to Newark, residing with a married daughter uD, to the time of her She had been blind for she was attacked with the death. several years. Four weeks ness Which carried her off and three days she became un- conscious. Mrs. Muirine has a brother 104 years old now an inmate of the Brooklyn Hospital.” Her funeral will take place this afternoon from St. Patrick’s cathedral, THE STEAMBOATMEN'S NATIONAL OONVEN TION. The Steamboatmen’s National Convention, which met last In Washington on the 11th of June, meets again in Cleveland, Ohio, on the 24th inst., when it is expected that a large number of owners and managers from the oceans, lakes and rivers will assist in its deliberations. The question of marine disasters will be discussed aud the means of avoid~ ing them. The call to the convention 1s signed by Mr. Thomas Sherlock, the chairman, at Cincinnati. PAYMENT OF THE FIREMEN. ‘The firemen of the city will be paid the usual sala- ries due them on the 1st of September. The state- ment is incorrect that the Comptroller has desired to deprive them of tne usual leave of absence al- lowed by the general regulations of the depart- Ment, or to deduct their pay in cases where the Commissioners have granted absence from duty under the proper rules of the department, COLLISION IN THE BAST RIVER. Yesterday afternoon the Galveston steamer G. W. Ciyde, while docking near Fulton ferry, ran into the London packet ship Hudson and knocked of the after portion of her hurricane deck. Fortu- nately nobody was injured, The damages will jount to several hundred dollars, which tho steamer, aa being in fault, will have to vay.