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4 ELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. August 3—Ninth Sunday After Pentecost. f PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. Herald Religious Cor- respondence. Circular Letter from Archbishop ereyation have books and unite. McCloskey. A CHURCH FOR THE PEOPLE. The Ward’s Island Church Trou- bles Once More. Interesting Services’ at Bellevue Hospital. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. At the Broadway Tabernacle Professor William M, Barbour, of Bangor, Me., will preach this morning and evening. Rey. W. T. Sabine will oMciate at the usual morn- ing and evening services to-day in the Church of the Atonement. The rector of Christ church (Episcopal), Rev. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson, will conduct the customary Bervices to-day. “There Remaineth Therefor a Rest” will be the Subject upon which Rev. J, M. Atwood will expa- tuate before the Fifth Universalist Society, at Plimpton Hall, this morning. Dr. Flagg preaches, morning and evening, in the Eighty-filth street church, Rey. Mr. Davies, the pastor, preaches in Berean Baptist charch this morning and evening. Rey. G. Graham preaches this morning and even- ing in Fifty-third street Baptist church, Preaching at the usual hours, morning and even- ing, in the Methodist Free Tabernaele. Rev, D. B. Jutten will conduct the services, at the usual hours, in Sixteenth street Baptist church, At the morning and evening services in the Church of the Strangers Rev. Dr. Deems will preach. The “Church of Humanity’ is the taking title of the meetings in Germania Hall parlors, at half- past ten A. M. and three and half-past seven P, M. Dr. Krotel, pastor of the Church of the Holy Trinity (Lutheran), preaches this morning, at half past ten o’cleck. Rey. Mr. Bridges, of Princeton, will preach this morniug in the North Presbyterian church, A select “praying band’ of the Young Men’s Association will concuct the morning, afternoon and evening services in Perry street Methodist church. A sensation is promised at the Cosmopolitan Conference this afternoon—Mr. W. Hastings, of Washington, on the “lmperiai Internationals.” “When God Helps Us,’ is Rev. Wayland Hoyt’s theme at the Tabernacle Baptist church, this even- ing. He will also preach in the morning. Rey. U. T. Tracy preaches this morning in the Church of the Reformation. The young ,men of the metropolis will be ad- dressed this ‘evening, in Association Hall, by Rev, James Fleck. Dr. Gallaudet wiil conduct the usual services (in- cluding one for deaf mutes in the afternoon), in St. Ann’s church. Rev. 2. W. Barnhart preaches morning and even- ing in Forsyth street Methodist church, The pastor of Seventeenth street Bapust church, Rev. Robert Cameron, preaches at the usual ser- vices in the morning ana evening. The customary Sabbath services will be held in Westminster Presbyterian church by Rev. J. K. Demarest. Bishop Snow will tell of “The Second Temple” at the University this afternoon. “The Abolition of Poverty’? will be advocated before the Robinson Hall Spiritualists by Mr. Leander Thompson. At St, Thomas’ communion service this morn- Ing, at ball-past ten o'clock, and evening praye at four in the afternoon, Rey. J. Spencer Kennard, pastor of Pilgrim Bap- tist church, will preach at the usual hours this morning and evening. A TRIDUUM. —+—__ Prayers for the Safcty and Triumph of the Holy See=Three Days Specially Set Aside by the Pope—Catholics Through- out the World to E ite the Litany of the Saints—The Triduum in New York— Circular Letter from Archbishop McCloskey. On the 18th of May last the Pious Union of Rome, of which Cavalier Mencacc: is President, sent a petition to His Holiness the Pope, askiag him to appoint three days on which the faittful through- out the world might offer al prayers for the deliverance of the Roman Catholic Church from the tribulations of the present time. The Pious Union, which is @ confederation of all the Catholic societies in Rome, was favored with a cript from the Pope, dated May 2 3 in which His Holiness speaks of the special necessity of prayer at tne present time, when the Church is troubled and harassed on every side, and concludes py blessing the faithful and praying | that God may give them the spiritof grace and prayer. The Holy Father was pleased, on May 30, to appoint the L2th, 13th and Mth of this month to be Bet apart for solemn and special prayer throughout the Church for its safety and triumph over its ene- Inles. The “Litany of the Saints’ is the prayer en- joined, and a plenary indulgence is granted to those Who say it on allthe three days, with confes- ston and communion on tie Feast Of the Assump- | tion, August i5, or within the octave. To those who only say the litany on any one of the three days an indulgence of seven years 1s granted. Archbishop McCloske faithiul subjects should participate in the spiritual rewards offered by the Pope, has addressed the followiug circular letter to the pastors and clergy of the archdiocese, which will be ri in the churches to-day, The other Catholic archbishops and bishops in America will issue similar instruc. nxious that his tions to their priests and people, so that during | the triduum the Catholics of the United States will, by their prayers for the safety of the Holy See, display their devotion to the head of the Church and manifest their faith in the successor of Peter. CIRCULAR, To tHe Revenexy Pastors axp Curncy oF tHe Arcu- Diocese or New York : ReveRxeny ano Dean Sin—We learn from what may be ed a authentic source, that the Most Holy Father, in order to. incite the faithful throug! world to more earnest and united prayer for the deliver- nee of the Church from the bands of her oppressors, as been graciously pleased to grant a plenary indul: ence to all who will join in a friduw, or three days’ otion, breparatory to the festival of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, reciting the Litany of the Saints on each of the three days, and approaching the sacra. ments of penance and the holy eucharist within tne same time, or on the festival. “To those who say the litany with the intention of the Moly Father on one only ‘of those days, and perform the other conditions, an in- dulgence of seven years is granted. The reverend pastors are requested to exhort their flocks to unite in these prayers and avail themselves of the gracious indulgence extended to them. Tuesday, July 29, 1373 en a NeW Ore TN Aechbishop of New York. “A Churen For the People=The Poor and the Rich.” To Tae Enrtor op THE HERALD:— Your last Sunday’s issue had a capital article ‘With the above title, in which there was a descrip- tion of just what every Christian church should be, ‘The writer praises very justly several clergymen in this city, pastors of several churches which he thinks approach this ideal, He says there may be others. There is one other which it seems Very Gitenge tuat so well informed » man should ~ | last, which fact was noted by the Commissioners in \ \ ~ not know—namety, the Onurch of the Strangers, of which Rev, Dr, Deems is the pastor. It is situated in Mercer street, near Waverley place. It is the old church of which the sainted Dr. Skin- ner was the first pastor, It has the following recommendations:—First, it is a beautiful stone church, cheerfol inside, pleasant outside, surrounded by grass plots and looking like @ venerable English village church. It is in a quiet spot, yet within a block of Broadway. Secona, every seat is free, and visitors are escorted from the door te the pew by unpaid gentlemen ushers. The rich and poor meet together. 1 have seen the richest man in America sitting there witha poor mechanic in my employ. Some time ago I was present when @ very distinguished ex-dignitary and an ex-private soldier entered; the latter was in a white linen coat. Equal attention was paid to both; but I think the soldier, phot learned, ted, now a ‘longshoremal t better seat. Third, Thé singin: Pia Se led b; is spirited, a d adults, and all the eon. Now, is not this “Observer” wants? Why, then, should not this church be made known to all the 1 pore $ Some time ago I cut out of the New York Ob- server the following extract, writte by Henr; Day, of the New York Bar, im regard to a church ‘The American chapel of Florence 18 for American. Clcisians of "ull denomfuations.© Phere confession of faith is the Apostles’ Creed, and it is de- lighuul to see bow Christians who can denommationally hate in brotherly can here worship ‘together 4 Here are Episcopalians, Presbyterians, | Methodists nad Baptists worshipping and partaking together of the sacrament of the Lora’s Supper. Really one ts here brought to believe, tor a time, that Paul spoke the truth when he said, “There 1s one body, one spirit, one Lord, Tge choir of children an: one taith, one baptusm, one God and Father of all” Is it Possible that we must come a from a Christian to @ foreign and Papal country to “behold bow pleasant a thing it is for brethren to dwell together in unity?” If we, as a Church, were now to separate from old associations CA frend aking entangling alliances of the prosent, of God a8 our rute of faith and the ancient Church as our model, would we split into a hundred denominations of diferent namegt would we, by differences of forms and modes ot worship, by necly drawn distinctions, of philosophical and metaphysical opinion, tence ina few and fence out the most of the tollowers ot Christ {rom His fold? In other words, what ought to be the tendency of the Cliristian Church in these days—to liberality or to exclusiveness? Ido not belleve that if the Apostle Paul Were now on the earth were called to make a creed for the whole Chur at he would make it as lon; as the Wostwinister Catechism; nor do L believe tha’ the greater than Paul, his and our Master, would give any other creed than what he once gave, or putit iM any other form than as we find it in the Gospels. T am obliged to confess that the more [ see of sincere Christian people of all denominations, the more liberal 1 become. Dr. Van Nest has managed this dificult task of formimg and keeping together a Union Chureh from all denominations admirably. In merging of the best things from all forms of worship, and “also that Christian courtesy and Uberality which ought to characterize all sincere worshippers. Not onl uence which this, but itis a centre of Protestant in| feit all over Italy, ‘That church in Florence was modelled on the Church of the Strangers in New York. My triend, Mr. Day, has to go abroad to find what I have dis- covered, in New York. When he returns | hope he will visit Dr. Deems’ church. I am not a member ofthe Church of the Strangers. I belong to the same denomination with Mr. Day; but when my pastor is absent I frequent Dr. Deems’ church, and have learned all these facts and more. { do not write this to advertise the Church of the Strangers. | It is almost aiways crowded. Last Sunday night | every pew Was filled and camp stools were brought in, and twenty men stood through the whole service. 1am an old New Yorker and a Presbsterian, and L do not like even the appearance of Overiooking a church which has so noiselessly done its work and so successfully that it does not need advertising. It is not for the sake of the Chureh of the Strangers that I write this, but for the sake of others, such as. Mr. Day and the writer in your last Sunday's issue. As tor Dr. Deems himselt, the centre and motive power of this unique organization, his extra- ordinary gifts, personal, oratorica! and religious have given him so wide a fame and so remarkabie @ popularity that his church is found tar too narrow for its would-be occupants, and it is only necessary to hear him once, in one of his best moods, to be irrsistibly attracted by the tervor of his piety, the aptness of his illustrations, and the charm o1 his manner—while his outside ministra- tions are so numerous and indefatigabie as to raise constant doubts of his power to sustain so great a labor. JUSTICE, The Ward’s Island Church Troubles Once More. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— So much has been written and said relative to the Catholic Church building on Ward’s Island used by immigrants that a brief and correct statement of the facts in the case are desirable for a clear comprehension of the whole controversy. In the first place it should be understood that the cost of Supporting the institutions and their inmates in charge of the Commissioners of Emigration is not borne by the public, but by the immigianis themselves, and there is, consequently, no com- parison between them and the institutions under the contro! of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, that are sustained by the taxpayers of the city, or of any other, for a similar character. The reiuge and hospital on Ward’s Island are not charitable or correctional buildings, and should not be dealt with tn such a light. In the next place, there have been for nearly twenty years separate places of worship for Catho- lics and Protestauts, as there are at the present time, and the difficulty that now arises is the re- sult of an attempt to close up the Protestant church and force the congregation now attending it to worship in the Catholic church. In other words, the new Commissioners, or a majority of them, seek to introduce a practice heretofore un- | known—that is, to have one building used jointly by all denominations—the building selected being the Catholic church, after its solemn dedication, contrary to the wishes of the members of toat faith, and to undo the action of the former Board. Years ago the Commussioners gave to the Prot. estant and Catholic chaplains a floor each in an old | wooden building, known as the nursery. From the beginning the Catholic attendants at services on Sundays outnumbered the Protestants, and this circumstance, it would appear, gave rise to some jealousy. Aiter awhile the Protestant congrega- tion moved, and received trom the Commissioners a chapel in a brick building which was tastefully ar- ranged and was every way superior to the apurt- ment allotted to the Catholics, which was located up Six flights of wooden stairs. No objection was made to this new arrangement, which kept up the | principle of having separate places of worship, which it 18 now the aim of some oi the Commis- sioners to do away with. ‘he Catholic congrega- tion in the ineantine so increased that it became cangerous to attend services at all in tae old build- ing, Whica bad become 80 dilapidated that there was danger of the floor giving way, and many old and lecbie persons were greatly distressed in naving to | dto such @ great heightto periorm a duty they considered one of the bighest import- ance. It was evident to everybody that the top story nursery Was neither sare bor suitable tor a Catholic chapel, and the congregation had increased to a | very iarge number, ‘The attention of the Cominis- | siouers was calied tothe matter. They clearly saw the necessity of proviling another place of Worship for the Catholics, the same as tuey had | already for the Protestants, and proceeded to erect the building about which so much bad blood has been exhibited, One of the conditions was that the expense of decorating the interior should be detrayed by the congregauion. This action of the Board did not at the time create any feeling, as it Was looked upon as necessary tor the spiritual wel- fare of a majority of the immigrants on the isiand, During the erection of the edifice the Chaplain, Father Prachnensky, coilected in small sums $2,000 for the purpose of fullilling the condition unposed by the Commissioners. ‘he Catholic oMcers and inmates were anxivus that their new chapel sould approximate in its interior appearance to | some of the smail churches in New York, aud freely contributed according to their means. ‘The money realized was used for the purchase, in Europe, of the inside decorations, consisting of paintings, statuary, candlesticks, &c. The church having been completed it was opened in December | eir annual report, together with the following :— The Protestant chapel, whigh is on the second floor of u two story brick building, has been fitted up, and has heretofore furnished ample accommo- dation for persons of that reiigious beliel.”” so matters stood until a month or two ago, When it Was announced that this duilding, handed over by the former Board, and decorated according to Catholic usage, should be occupied in common With the Protestants, who were to abandon their own chapel, Which they have occupied for a great number Of years, and the Protestant chaplain was to have equai privileges with the Catnolic chaplain in conducting its affairs. This change, if carried out, wouid involve two things—the aban- donment of the system of separate places of wor- ship, Which nas existed almost since the com- nussion Was established, and an enti hange tn the interior arrangment, ou which $2,000 of pri- vate funds have been expended 1n accordance with the resolution and approval of the predecessors of the present Board. The Catholic chapel is located on one of the graded avenues on the northern part of the island and convenient to the hospital and nursery. To the right and left of the main altar are statues of the blessed Virgin and St. Joseph. There are two | galleries, sufficient to seat 200 peeple. Around | the upper part of the interior are painted the stations of the cross, which were executed by a young Italian emigrant, and who also frescoed and decorated other portions of ‘The pews will seat about nine hun- The Protestant chapel is located to of the Catholic, and is almost en- tirely surrounded by large maple trees. Ascending @ few steps the visitor reaches the library, which is occupied hed long, narrow tables, apon which are strewn religious newspa} and tracts. To the further end is a large glass case, in charge of 8 the librerian, containing a lair supply of reading Mase | place, for all ptously inclined. At the other side is the Protestant chapel, which ts finished in excellent style. The ewe tastefully frescoed, while at tue further end is the pulpit, the approactes to which are covered with rich Brussels carpet, ‘The seats are constructed of oak, fe fare capable of accommodating about persons. Whatever superiority the Catholic chapel possesses ig the result of the money subscril by the con- srepetion and expended in ornamenting its inte- ‘The mistake is often made that the funds used in supporting the fmaigren’ institutions on Wara’s Island are public fun Such, it 18 always neces- sary to keep in mind, is very far from being the case. Every farthing comes out of the immigrants’ pockets, and the State or its agents, the Commis- sloners, are simply trustees to see to ite proper disbursement for the welfare of these incho! citizens, Imi ts, when sick or in temporary indigent circumstances, and inmates of the hos- it or reiuge on Ward’s Island, should not be reated as paupers or criminals. They are as Fally entitled to spiritual as to bodily comforts, and cannot be denied that se) for Protestants and Catholics are, when they can be conveniently maintained, as in this case, mos: desirable, One of the Commissioners 1s cred- ited with stating that the building belon’s to the State. It does not belong to the State, The State has ten times more right to claim ownership of the Catholic and Protestant orphan asylums than of the building on Ward’s Island, for the State contributes money towards maint the ary- lums. It does not nor never has contributed a stiver towards building or supporting the immi- rants’ refuge and hospital or other ices used yy immigrants, It has Leen repeatedly charged, on the best au- thority, in the HERALD, that the supplies for the sick are purloined and never reach those for whom they are intended, and that shameful frauds are practised at Castle Garden in the sale of ratlroud tickets and ip exchanging foreign gold. Why do not the Commissioners attend to these natters ? MARKWELL. Interesting Services at Bellevue pital. ‘To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD:— Ascertaining from a constant perusal of the Sun- day HERALD that you are ardently interested in all things pertaining to religion, I purpose to transmit to you a synopsis of the services held on last Sun- day evening in the lecture room at Bellevue Hos- pital. The volunteer choir of St. Stephen's Roman Catholic church, comprising over fifty male and fe- male voices, under the management of their pre- ceptor, Mr. M, J.Tracey, who presided at the organ, sang some choice selections of sacred music in admirable time. Mr. Tracey deserves the highest his service you heara fencomiums for tne excellent proficiency which his pupils exhibited. The solemn strains of music echoing through the large corridors of the hospita! periormed the oiice of a bell, and presently the seats were all occupied by an audience which it would be ludicrous if not pitiable to describe. Old _ men verging on the edge of the grave, stalwart men suering from Various diseases, a numerous array of cripples, boys maturing into manhood, with arms in slings and heads bandaged up, the effects, in numerous tnstances, of midnight carousal. Young women who once were beautl ful, but whose features now, owing to a life of lice tiousness, are hardened and degraded looking, such were the features of this heterogeneous assem- blage. At eight o’clock precisely the Rev. Dr. Mctilynn, preceded by surpliced boys with lighted ne lecture room, kneeling at the which was removed trom the Noster” and “Ave Maria,” after which he ascended the altar steps and delivered a most impressive discourse on the presence of God, We must always remember, said tue eloquent preacher, that we are in the presence of God, tbat His omniscient eye is ever peering tnto the interior of our bearts, that His august majesty daily and hourly overshadows us, and that the conscious presence of His infinite holiness should restrain our hearts from the embraces of sin, The constant keeping berore the mind a knowledge of the presence of God will eliminate our thoughts from earth and preserves us from the contamination of vice ; for who could sin in the presence of His august sanc- tity. The reverend preacher illustrated his ser- mon by analogies exquisitely drawn, and deducted from the thesis of his discourse the logical inter- ence that, as in Goa we live and move and have our being, so, likewise, is it in His sacred presence that all our actions must be performed. Let us, then, endeavor so to live that every act of ours may be a perpetual oviation to His honor and giory. May God vitalize the words of the preacher and germinate his saving truths in the hearts of all who were present, flooding them. with the lue of His love and the benediction of salvation. RP. Ministerial Movements and Changes. METHODIST. The venerable Bishop Morris was so unwell last week that little hopes were entertained of his re- covery. He is now, however, convalescent. Rev. Dr. Holdich, Secretary of the American Bible So- ciety, is taking his vacation at Saratoga and Round Lake. Rev. Dr. Legg, av English missionary in China, and Rev. Mr. Hall, an American missionary, have come back to their own lands to recruit their health, They addressed a meeting of minis- ters in San Francisco, a few days ago, and gave in- teresting and cncouraging facts regarding the spread of Christianity in that Empire. Dr. E. 0. Haven has started on an educational tour in Kan- sas, The Irish Wesleyans number 2,051 members and probationers. Bishop Simpson has changed the time of holding the Indiana Conference from September 3 to October 2 Very cheering intelligence comes to the Mission House here from Bishop Foster, who is now visiting the missions and conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Cuurch in Europe. He ordained seven deacons for the work in Sweden. The two countries—Sweden and Norway—constitute one conference boundary, in which the Methodist Episcopal Church has now 43 missionaries, 57 societies, 141 preaching stations, 92 local preachers and exhorters, and 3,649 mem- bers and probationers, besides 62 Sunday schools and 2,744 scholars and teachers. Their missionary and benevolent collections for the year ending July 1, 1873, amounted to $8,792 76. Rev. Dr. 8. R. Maclay, Superintendent of Methodist missions in Japan, writes home to one of our city contem- poraries in eloquent praise of the warm reception he received in June last from the Presbyterian Re- formed Dutch and other American missionaries stationed in Yokohama, in which city he has lo- cated lis headquarters. Rey. Charles F. Deems, D. D., following the lead of other eminent min- isters, has ussumed the editorial manage- ment ol the Christian Age, 4 new ag just started. Rev. Mr. Fuller, of ie Liberia (Africa) Conference, has come on @ brief visit to the United States. A colony is settling at Ridgeway, N.C, near the southern part of Virginia, compoved iargeiy of Metho- dists from England. The entire tract contains 6,000 acres. is the intention to build 100 houses, to form & town, and also divide ont 140 lots of forty acres each. Rey. W. Reading, Wesleyan minister, by consent of Bath district, has con- sented to come from England and act as their pastor for the first twelve months at least. Rev. A. J. Lyda, of the West Virginia Conference, has received the degree of D. D. from the Ilinow Wesleyan University. Rev. Dr. Burns, President of Simpson Centenary College, Missouri, has come East with his tamily, expecting to spend some time at Long Branch and Saratoga. Rev. 0. C, McCabe on Sunday last occupied the pulpit of Asbury church, Buifaio, The pastor, Dr. Went- worth, 18 rusticating for a few weeks amoung old friends 1a New Hampshire, CONGREGATIONAL. Revs. G. M. Dexter and y, H. Merrall, recent graduates of the Pacific Theological Seminary, were recently ordained at San Francisco and are under appointment as missionaries to China and Japan. Rev. H. F. Campbell, formeriy a Universalist min- ister, has joined the Congregattonalists in Chicago, He adinits the detty of Christ and eternal punish- ment of the wicked. Rev. Mr. Mollenbeck, a Ger- man Congregational missionary in Nebraska, has organized a church of twenty-one members near Pintenelle, in that State. Rev. CO, Taylor has re- signed his charge of the Congregational church at Algona, lowa. Rey, |. Bross, alter six years’ pastorate at Ottumwa, Kan, has resigned and taken another church at Crete, Neb. The Windsor avenue church, Hartford, Conn., and the First church, Waterbury, Conn., have laid the corner stones of new houses of worship. Rey. Richard Cordiey, of Plymouth church, Lawrence, Kau., {8 absent upon a two months’ vacation, during which time his pulpit. is supplied by laymen of the congregation. Dr. Ed: ward Hawes, of Philadelphia, has uccepted the cail from the North church in New Haven. The ouly Congregational church in Newfoundland 1s at St. Johns, and ts under the care oi Rey. Thomas Hall. [tis partly sustained by the Coionial Mis sionary Society. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Eight congregations of the thirteen into which the Catholics of Cleveland, Oni, are divided are building charches and other parochial edifices, the aggregate cost of which will be about five hundred and sixty thousand doliars. Rev. Theobald Batler, of the Society of Jesuits tn America, is now in Ire- land looking up candidates for the priesthood, to be brought to this ory, to supply the wants of the ever increasing Catholic populations of the United States, There are fourteen foreign eolle; and religious tnstitutions in Rome, all of which have come under the ban of the government, and have been notified to rearrange their ordet within two years, otherwise the Italian government will place them upon the same footing as those of ma tive ecclesiastics. Last Sunday Bishop Loughlin, of Brooklyn, visited Kosiyn and Manhasset, L. L, and administered the rite of confirma- tion to forty-one candidates at the former and seventy-four at the iatter place. A new church dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus 18 in course of erection at Turin, Italy. It will be the first church in this part of that country dedicated to the Heart of Our Lord. The diocese of Corto! Tuscany, has been consecrated to the Sacre Heart. Last Sunday the Cathoilos of Auesbury, laid the corner stone of wchurchin that Tt ts to be built or brick, with a spire 186. parate places of worsuip | | Plymouth, fect high to ne capante oF seastneg 1.500 persons; id to cost: true Cathe Gatolies “& soot of New Protencantas™ aie + for th Conversion ot sini and for the of sin of our Holy Mother the ner churches, or, in cases usually exce church or chapel, on the day of the feast; or, not able to do this, Dave performed some other pious substi works.” St. Peter’s church in e required for its erection .176 years, and to complete the structure an additional 124 years. its cost. wi 3 gold, and to keep tt in_ rep: an annual expenditure 000, Of 1 mensions, perhaps the best idea is con the statement that it covers eight acres of ground. ‘The Archbishop of Paris has been granted the right to purchase a site on the blood-stained heights of Montmartre, where he intends to erect a church to the Sacred Heart, The first retreat for the clergy of the diocese of Pittsburg, Pa, held in 5t. Francis’ monastery, Loretto, A\ and the second on the 25th. The collection for the Holy Father in the diocese of St. Louis, Mo., a8 far as the returns have been made, amount to oe, eighteen churches having been heard from. in St, Joseph’s parish there is a permanent society for the purpose Of sel ig aid to the Holy Father, which has sent over seven thousand dollars within the last jour years. BAPTIST, A modest donor, who declines to have his name published, has left his check for $10,000 with the ‘Treasurer of the American Baptist Home Mission Society for the promotion of education among the freedmen of the South. A generous Bapti jo man, Dr, H. E, smith, of Amherst county, has presented his pastor, Rev. Mr.jGatewood, with a dwelling house and sixty acres of land, and has sent a religions denominational paper to five ouner preachers for a year free. That little Baptist church at Kockville, L. L, whose pastor, Rev Mr. Pentecost, was obliged to resign on account of his uu communion tendencies, has found itself vided in consequence. Those members who sympathized with Mr. Pentecost’s liberal views have withdrawn, organized a@ new church and joined the Dutch Reformed body, leaving the Bap- tist church quite behind it in point of nuinbers. The Rev. G. T. Dowling, of Providence, R. J., has accepted acall to the Central Baptist church, Syracuse, and will erter on his work there about september 1, The Baptists of the United States have 19,720 churches and only 11,892 ordained ininisters. The Rey. A. C. Lyon, of Newark, N. J., has been called to the dh ah) of the Baptist church at Fayette- ville, N. Y. Rev. M. P, Freeman has resigned his astorate of the Nictaux church, St. John, N. B. v. W. 5. Webb has been elected President of the Baptist College in me eater ‘The Mennonites or Baptists, of Russia, originally Germans, are pre- uring to emigrate in large numbers to this coun- Ty, and are taking means to settle certain por. tions of the West in compact colonies. ‘This step is provoked by the tyranny of Rus- sia towards all dissenters from the Greek Cnurch. The Herkimer street church, of Brooklyn, lately ministered to by Rev. Dr. Baker, have given a cordial invitation to Rev. Henry B. Warring, of Camilius, N. ¥., to become their pastor, The Baptist church and society in Mass., have extended a unanimous call to Rey. John Duncan, D. D., of Brooklyn, N. ¥., to become their pastor. Rev. J. D. Pope, of Norwich, has received @ call to become pastor of the Baptist church in St. Joten, N. B. EPISCOPALIAN. Rev. Mr. Peterson (Norwegian), late a Roman Catholic priest in Minnesota, has conformed to the Episcopal Church, and applied to be received into its ministry, with a view to its exercise among his fellow-countrymen, Rev. Ethelbert Taibot, latet admitted to the Diaconate, is to enter upon wor! immediately in Macon CAN Mo. Rev. Erastus P. Smith, late of Whitewater, Wis., bas entered uy) the rectorship of St. Thomas’, Hamilton, N. Y. Bishop Auer sailed from New York July 12, on his way to his missionary jurisdiction of Cape Pal- mas. Rey. Samuel E. Smith bas resigned the rectorship of St. Andrew's, West Philadel- phia, Pa, Rev. Abiel Leonard, recently or- dained, is to enter upon work immediately at Sedalia, Mo. Last Tuesday week Bishop Coxe, of Western New York, dedicated a fine new stone church at Palmyra. It makes the fourth church, occupymg the four corners of Main and Canan- daigua streets, in that town. It cost $41,000, and was dedicated free of debt, The Rignt Rev. Bishop Gobat is about to make over to the Church Misston- ary Society the station of Salt, east of the Jordan, the ancient Ramoth Gilead, which will be occupied at onco by the Rev. F, Bellamy. The Niger (Africa) mission of the Church Missionary Society has dur- ing the past year taken up a new station, Osamare, twenty miles south of Unitsha, At present this mission includes three inland stations on the Niger and three coast stations on the Delta of the Niger. In Ibadon (Yoruba Country, to the west of the Niger), which in years past has been a success- ful station of this society, there have been no European missionaries ior four years, owing to the wars between Ibadon and other Airican towns, There are three stations at Ibadon, taken charge of by a native clergyman and two catechists, PRESBYTERIAN, The Established Church of Scotland bas 1,500,000 members, the Free Church 750,000 and the United Presbyterian 470,000, ‘The entire Persian mission, with forty missionaries and #ixty teachers, now under the care o! the Presbyterian Board, costs less, annually, than the expenses of some New York city churches. By the will of Anna 5S. Gerhard, of Philadelphia, lately deceased, the sum of $3,000 is bequeathed to the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church and $2,000 to the Board of Home Missions. The Second Presbyterian church, Indianapolis, have called Rev. John L. Withrow, D. D., of the Arch street church, bes gy to become pastor, and offer lim @ salary of $8,000. The Presbytery of Western Africa has sent ten African youths to this country to be prepared for the ministry and returned, as preaciers, to their native land. They are now at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania. Rev. J. A. Whittaker resigned bis pastorate of the Presbyte- rian church at Jetferson, Mo., July 31, and assumed that of the church at Rolla, Mo. The Second Pres- byterian church of Richmond, ministered to by Rev. Dr. Hoge, formerly of this city, have deter- mined to enlarge their house of worstip to the ex- tent of 400 additional seats and at a cost of $20,000. Mr. Henry Day, of this city, writes to the Odserver irom Beyrout that a wealthy Greek in that city has offered $500 toward the erection of a Protestant church on an eminence in the eastern end of the city, provided other friends of the enterprise can raise $1,000 more. Dr. Jessup, the Presbyterian missionary there, has been authorized to secure the ground and Let the deeds vested in the Pres- byterian Mission Board. Seventy-five thousand one hundred and sixteen dollars have already been paid into the mission treasury of the Presby- terian church toward liquidating its debt of 128,000, Rev. David Mitchell, pastor of the ‘anal street Presbyterian church, New York, is \ aperct his vacation at Livingstoneville, N. Y., preaching for the churct in that place whose house has been closed for some years past for want of a pastor. The Presbyterians seem to be wetting the best proportionate share of | religious growth in England. In eighty-four of the largest towns it Is found that they have increased at the rate of 150 per cent, while the highest ratio m any other church is 108 per cent. Dr. R. W. Clark, of Albany, is taking a vacation in Chicago, supplying Dr. R, W. Patterson’s church there during ‘he jatter’s vacation. The pastor of the Fort Greene Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, will be absent during August, but the church will be kept open mor.uing andevening. The Rev. Albert Bush- nell, of Cunuecticyt, wili supply the pulpit, MISCELLANEOUS, Rev. Dr. Loomis has retired trom the Presidency of Alleghany College. Rev. W, H. Ten Eyck, who has been lor twenty years pastor of the Dutch Re- bg ts church ef Astoria, has severed bis connec- tion with that congregation, An American church was organized the last of June in Geneva, Swit- zerland, of which Rev. Henry R. Waite, of the chapel! in Rome, bas tem porary charge. Dr. Hea- cock, of Buffalo, and Dr. Shaw, of Rochester, aided in the organization. Rev. Alexander Topp, D. v., a distinguished minister of Scotland, who several ears siuce accepted a call to Toronto, in Canada, to supsly the Dutch church on Brooklyn Heights, in the absence of the pastor, Dr. Inglis, for his Summer vacation. The Boston Music Ball Society (Unitartan) are trying to raise $10,000 for next year’s expenses to warrant a call to Rev. 0. B, Frothinghain. THE FEAST OF AB, Yesterday, the ninth day of the Jewish month Ab, was celebrated by the Hebrows of the city as the memorial day of the destruction of Jerusalem. It was on that day the Jews were condemned to die for want of faith in the promises of God through Moses. On that day Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the first temple, Titus destroyed the second temple and the ity of Bethar was captured, and a year later the plough passed over Jerusalem and the Holy Mount as a symbol of subjugation. Yesterday being Sabbath day with the Jews, the celebration was postponed until to-day, when numberiess Hebrews all the world over will mourn and fast over the sorrows and losses of their race. The bellef in the strict doctrines of Judaism finds tts votaries in every land, and these never fail to ob- serve such taste as that of to-day ana two others occurring this month with the greatest fidelity. Ab is the twelfth month of the Syrian year. LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE, Commemorating the Destruction of the Temple—The Spiritual Jerusalem and the True Messiah—Serm by the Rev. Dr. Huebsch. Rarely, if at all, do nations or individuals com- memorate theirown defeat or dispersion, This, however, is a peculiarity of Jewish polity. Yester- day was the 9th of the month Ab, on which da; tradition says, both the first and the second Tem- ples were destroyed, and in all the synagogues of the land the mopryp_lul event waa prougut to mind W YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. in the services, or wilt be rememfhered tn’ them to day. The 9th falling on the Jewish Sabbath this: year, some of the congregations wil! keep the (ast to-agy. Penitential Psalms are recited; plaintive songs, appropriate for such an occasion, are sung, and the Lamentations of Jeremiah are read. A goodly Summer congregation gathered in the Lex- ington avenue synagogue yesterday, to whom Rev. Dr. Huebsch discoursed on tnis event, his remarka on Isaiah; i, 26— “And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellors as at the beginning; afterward thou shalt be called the city of righteous- ness, the faithfal city.” The fulfilment of this pro- Phecy, the Doctor said, is not to be interpreted literally, but in its deeper and more comprehensive spiritual sense. It isthe duty of Israel to live for humanity, and this is the Alpha and the Omega of Jewish history; and this is the burden of the song that was sung at the cradle of our people’s legend. ary infancy. THE IDEA OF ISRAEL'S MISSION renders the revelation on Mount Sinai the greatest event in the history of mankind and elevates the narrative of the vicissitudes of this people tar above che level ofa mere national history. The consciousness of this mission has ever lived in Israel, but in diferent periods of Jewish hisvory it assumed different iorms. During the existence of the Jewish state this consciousness manifested it- self in the hope that this state would once become the focus of gregarious life, both political and relig- fous, for mankind. The prophets in their visions made all the nations flock together towards Zion; there humanity was to reach its goal—the swords would there be forged into scythea, the spears into* sickles and the light that emanated from Zion was to iltumine the world and restore complete and universal peace; and, like a mother amid her chil- dren, Judea would be loved and honored as the maternal ruler over all. ‘This ideal state was also endowed with an ideal king—the Messiah, The irequent and heavy misfortunes tuat swept over the head of the nation had no power to skake this hope of a brilliant final resuit—the ideal State and the ideal king became leading stars, which shone with increased lustre as the night grew deeper aud darker; and even in that gloomy moment when the crown was torn from Judea’s brow, when the State collapsed and the s.ctuary was burned to ashes, the ideal State did not go to ruin and theideal king was more ardently expected than ever before. The casuing centuries aiter THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM witnessed the sad and peculiar spectacle of an ex- fled aud wandering people, whose hopes seemed vanished, and still lived in the expectation of the Messiah’s advent. Many a time the exhausted wanderer struggled in the last avony of death, but he could not die, for the brilliant image of hs dis- tant home shone belore his receding vision and kept him alive. The origin of the greater part of the ancient prayers is to be traced back to that petiod, No wonder, then, that the charming ac- cents of this deep yearning became the sacred tones which consoled and refreshed many a de- spairing patriot’s heart. But, however venerabie these remnants of ancient enthusiasm ipay be, they | are not those Which, in our days, can offer whole- | some food to our thoughts and views. A history of eighteen centuries has.saught us that it is not the desiiny of Israel quietly tu wait im their country until mankind will wander to Paiestine and na- | tions will crowd (o Jerusalem to aseend the Holy Mount to enter with praise the house of the Lord, Israel had to leave its home, to carry along with it its entrusted treasure and to bring the light of religious knowledge to those peoples who walked in darkness. Slowly, but surely, Israel is | accomplishing its mission. During its historical march it diffuses the rays of the spiritual sun, the | truth of God’s love. The consciousness of our mis- gion, said the Doctor, lives tn us asin our ances- tors, but ina different form. It is no longer the ideal state and the ideal King chat akes us ardently loug tor the bygone past. The consciousness of | our mission prompts us faith{ully to discharge our obligations to the present. The heroes of our past are and remain endeared to us. We deplore the innumerable sufferings of our fathers, we honor theiy memory 1n our prayers, we look upon THE “NINTH OF ‘AB’? as a memorial day which must fill each Jewish heart with melancholy feelings; but at the same time this day and its events are the clear manifes- tation of the Lord that there shall come a time when ali the earth shall be one consecrated Zion, and when, wherever men live, they shall worship the Lord and build tor Him a spiritua! Jerusalem. ‘This is the lofty end that is to be advanced by the rency of Israel; the ideal state tsa brotherly union of mankind, and the ideal King 1s the universal ac- knowledgment of the Only One and His eternal Law. When this time shall have come then siall be built the true Jerusalem, which shall be cailed “the city of righteousness, the faithful city.” The Doctor admonished his audience to live a life ot active Iaith, and thereby to advance this sublime Messianic time. THE LUDLOW STREET TRAGEDY, Informal Inquest into the Alleged Suai- cide of Frederic Munckes—Statements the Husband and Wife—The Dead Man Leaves « Wife in Hester Strect— The Guilty Woman Mourning. The strange tragedy in Ludlow street, detailed nthe HERALD yesterday, was the subject of gen- eral interest, The theories of suicide and murder were very much discussed, but the general ver- dict seemed to be that the young lovers, carried away by morbid sentimentality, had contemplated suicide in case of further interruption by the elder Munckes, who had prevented his wife's consummation of the fatal deed by his rapid movement in seizing her revolver. The subject was partially investigated in @ preliminary inquest by Coroner Herrman yesterday at the Tenth precinct station house, The Coroner conversed with Charies Augustus Munckes and his young wile, Hattie, who haa been detained by Captain Ward on suspi- cion of being concerned in the shooting of de- ceased ; but they reiterated the story told by them soon alter their arrest. Mrs. Manckes said de- ceased PROCURED TWO PISTOLS on Friday morning, but she professes not to know where or how they came into his possession, The understanding was with her and deceased that in case her husband further molested them they were to shoot themselves, and by dying together be forever relieved of the odious presence of Hattie's husband, whom she had LONG SINCE CEASED TO LOVE. Accordingly wheu the elder Munckes burst open the door in search of his wife she and her young lover discharged their pistols almost simulta- neously—he with fatal effect, while she was but slightly wounded in the left breast. Mrs, Munckes declared that she would never live with her hus- | band again and intended to seek a home with her sister in Twenty-sixth street. Munckes said his de- ceased nephew, who was twenty-two years of age | and born in London, England, was married and HAD A WIF ING in Hester street im this city; he also said that de- eee had been in the Penitentiary for robbing iSemployer. Alter listening to the Statements of both husband and wife Coroner Herrman com- mitted them tothe House of Detention to await whe result of an investigation, which will take place to-morrow (Monday) alternvon at one o'clock. POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION. Deputy Coroner Cushman, assisted by Dr. Raphael, made an autopsy on the body at the sta- tion house, and found a pistol shot wound on the left side, the ball entering between the sixth and seventh ribs and two inches below the leit nipple, passing through the beart and into the liver, where the builet was found imbedded. Death re- suited trom internal hemorrhage, caused by the pistol shot wound. AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION Sergeant Davis, in accordance with instructions from the Coroner, kept the two severely apart, the elder Manckes being lodged in the rear building and the wife in the rooms above stairs set apar} for women. When she appeared betore the se@vant she wore @ gold chain and locket on her neck, Which he suggested she liad better leave with him for safe Keeping, as he could not be responsible tor the honesty of other witnesses detained in the same apartments. She responded very plaintively, | “Please let me keep this; the locket, it appears, containing THE PICTURE OF HER DEAD LOVER. Her depressed manner was so apparent that the Sergeant, fearing she might be tempted to commit suicide, arranged to keep all weapons out ol her reach, and, furthermore, detailed a German girl, @ prisoner, to sleep near her, their beds adjoining. me German girl reported yesterday afternoon THE WOUND IN THB BREAST 4a more severe than the prisoner will admit, an the house surgeon was consequently requested to attend her, No visitors are permitted to see either of the witnesses, The tuneral of Frederic Munkes will probably take place on Monday, INVESTIGATION INTO THE STOREHOUSE FIRE, Assistant Fire Marshal Hill héld an investiga- tion into the cause of the storehouse fire in Green- wich street, at the office of the Fire Department yesterday. The first witness examined was Ber- nard Cruse, night watchman. He testified that there was no sign of fire at nine o'clock, when he went through every room, He discovered the flames at forty-tive minutes past nine, being roused by the knocking of a policeman, He saw the fire on the fourth floor, in the rear, but could Hot tell now tt originated. John McDonald, another night watchman, made a similar state- ment. The Assistant @ Marshal thinks that neither of the watchmen were to blame. The in- vesuugatiqn will be resugjed on Monday morning. | ex-United States M, THE MUNICIPAL OFFICES. | The Mayor Off to Long Branch—The New Couaty Bonds—All the Officials Wrong—Is There Anybody Empowered to Issue County ‘Bonds !—The Assessment Inquiry. Aregular midsummer day was yesterday in the various municipal offices, most of the officials hay- ing little to do, doing it quickly and leaving for home early. Mayor Havemeyer got the idea thag sea breeze would be beneficial to the executive mind and physique, and went dows te Long Branch by the afternoon boat. He wilt aot vesarm: until Tuesday morning. Comptroller Green, tt is understood, was out of town yesterday, and wih be absent until Monday at noon. In the HERALD of yesterday a statement of Com- misstoner Van Nort was published to the effect that he did not believe the recent authorization by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the issue of assessment fund stock county bonds was legal His reasons therefor were also set forth, The Mayor upon learning of the question being raised as to the validity of the action in which he, a8 a member of the Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment, bad taken part was SOMEWHAT EMBARRASSED, as he had not fully examined the law on the point. He at once, however, sent for Deputy Comptroller Storrs and held a consultation with him upon the subject. Mr, Storrs expressed the belief that the question was not based upon tenable objections. The charter transfers to and vests in the new Board of Estimate and Apportionment all the powers exercised by the old Board of Apportion- ment, and authorizes the issuing by them by a vote of at least three of the members, “of any stocks or bonds,” &c, At the close of the interview the Mayor and Mr. Storrs both expressed the opinion that the issue of the bonds 1s legal. Several lawyers, however, who are considered to be well up in the interpretation of the sometimes intentional conundrums which the Legislature propounds annually and has the impudence or ignorance to call “law,” state that no matter what the charter states or provides for in relation to county affairs, SUCH PROVISION IS ILLEGAL, inasmuch as it is necessary that the subject matter of all bills must be stated in their titles. The legal title of the new charter is “An Act to Reorganize the Local Government. of the City of New York.” ‘The issue of these bonds 8 a county, and not a city matter, and is, thereiore, outside of the scope of powers embraced by this bill, However, tor the benefit of those who desire to worry them- selves about the question, the following extracts trom section 112 of the charter, which creates and defines the powers and duties of the Board, is a) pended. It is good, ight Sunday reading. In addition to the “provisional estimate oi the amounts required to pay the expenses of the oy and county of New York, in each department an branch thereof, tor the then next ensuing financial ear,” which the Board ts required to make up be- ween the ist of August and the 1st of November of euch year, the section goes on to provide that:— * * * “In addition to the estimate herem pro vided for, the said voard may at any time, as occasion. may require, by the atirmative vote of’ three mem- bers, authorize the issue of my stocks or bonds for the purpose outstanding; but the said bonds or their pro- ceeds shall be applied exclusively to the payment, pur- chase and extinction o: such maturing bonds in’ such manuer that the aggregate of such stocks or bondsof sald city outstan ling sha'l uot be increased thereby for a r period than is necessary in eflecting said change. said Board of Apportionment may trom time to time, by the affirmative vote of three members, authorize the issue of the whole or any portion of any sock or bonds which are now by law authorized to be Issued, upon compliance with the provisions of law authorizing them. * * © Ali the provisions o law creating anv Board of Appor- for and re- tionment and Audit or either, amd providing quiring an audit and allowance ot claims by said Board, are herelyy repealed; but such repeal shall not, prior to the organizution ot the Board ot Apportionment by this act created, aflect any act heretotore doue or directed to jone; but all the powers now possessed by any suc! joard, not inconsistent with the provisions of this, are’ hereby continued and vested in the Board hereby created and authorized. It is claimed that the words “not inconsistent’? SETTLE THE MATTER, for “oounty’ action by a board created for sone government would be “inconsistent.” Others w! admit this construction also assert that Commis- sioner Van Nort is wrong in bis claim that himself and the President of the Department of Parks are entitled to seats with the Mayor, Comptroller and Presidents of the Board of Aldermen and Depart- ment of Taxes and Assessments, a8 in a county board of apportionment under the old law, for the provision above following the asterisks repeals “all provistons of law ing’? any other board of portionment. And thus they claim there is no power authorized legally to tssue county bonds. THE ASSESSMENT INVESTIGATION was continued vesterday by the Committee of Su- pervisors, and the Twelfth ward boeks were closed. To-morrow the Twenty-second ward books will be opened. Dr. Whitall complained that his house, 607 Lex- ington avenue, is assessed at $10,000, while a much betier house adjoming is valued at only $8,000. He complained of this inequality and asked fera reduction. E. T. Theall stated that three unfinished houses in Sixty-fitth street, becween Second and Third avenues, are assessed at $11,000. He considers they should be assessed only as lots when the houses are not completed and bring him in nothing. Mr. Farley objected to an increase from $3,500 to $6,000 assessment on his house, 472 Fourth avenue. George W. Lee has a house in Ninety-seventh street, between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, which has this year becn raised from $4,000 to $7,000, against which he protests. Samuel Kirkpatrick stated that he has three small houses on one [uli lot, 26 by 100 feet, on the corner of Sixtieth street and Third avenue. The assessment on this property is $18,000, which Supervisor Koch, of the committee, declared was ourrage My. Wi Monck, of 242 West Fifty-sixth street, proteste ‘ainst the yearly increase of the as- fessment on sixteen lots leased by him, situated on West Fifty-ninth street, between Eleventh and Twelith avenues. By agreement he is bound to pay ali taxes, assessments, &c,, on the lots. In 1870 he was assessed 312,500; in 1871, $15,000; in 1872, $24,600; in 1873, $25,500. He claims that the Valuation is ossive. Mr. James Neal, of 2,030 Third avenue, owns four lots in the immediate neighborhood of Lith street and Third avenue, which were assessed last Year at $13,000 and this year at $19,000, BROOKLYN POLITICIANS ASTONISHED. Se ieeesarecaeen Appointment of a Police and a Fire Com- missioner—Breaking the “Slate.” The politicians about the Brooklyn City Hall were astonished yesterday. For some time past a dead- lock has existed touching the appointment of a police and excise commissioner and a fire commis- sioner. The appointing power in the case of the former cousisted of the Mayor, City Auditor and Comptrolier, while the Auditor and Comptroller were directed by the charter to appoint the latter. Politiclans who pretended to know something of the “situation” said that David Williams, of the Seventeenth ward, was “slated” for the Police Commissionership and Jakey Woerth for the place in the Fire Commission. “Politicians who pretended to know something of the situa- tion” were mistaken. Yesterday the “slate” was broken, in fact, it was ground into small pieces. ‘The deadlock was also shattered. Comptroller F. A. Schroeder and Auditor Shaurman met quietly in the office of the former yesterday morning, and proceedea to appoint Mr. Robert M. Phraner for Commissioner and Inspector of Buildings. Mr. Phraner has held the position since the resignation of Anthony F. Campbell (ex-Sheritf, arshal, ex-Postmaster, &c.) from the Commission about ayear ago. He isa republican in politics and a mason by trade and a very popular mau among politicians. The Fire Commission is now composed of Fred Massey, Presicent; Hugh McLaughlin (lamiliarly called “Bub,” and as such distinguished from the “Boss”) and Mr, Phraner. About an hour after this appointment there was a solemn conclave in the Mayor's office. The Mayor, Auditer and Comptroller were closeted to- gether, ihe Hall was turonged with politicans waiting to receive the announcement of Mr. Wil- liams’ appointment as Potice Commissioner. There was a large delegation from the Seven- teenth ward. It ts said that he controm the republican association of that ward. The politicians thought he had “a sure thing of it;°’ but Judge o: their astonishment when it was announced from the Mayor's Office that James L. Jensen had been appointed Police Commissioner. “Who ts Jensen’ exclaimed half adozen politicians excitedly, No one knew Jen- sen save the Seventecnth ward men. They knew Jensen as the secretary of tue republican assocta- tipn of the ward. Mayor Poweil’s candidate was Alidrew Cunningham, of the Fitteenth Ward. The Comptrolier expressed his preference for Alder- man Jonn A. taylor, of the Thirteenth ward, bis finally agreed wit Mr, Shaurman upon Mr. Jensen. The bew Commissioner is a native of Denmark, thirty-six years of age, and ta e ad in busi- ness in the Seventeenth ward @ | appoint- ment does not seem to give general sauistaction. FATALLY INJURED IN NEW JERSEY. Henry Thompson, & forty-five years of age, died yesterday at 21 Watts street, from the effects f 2 received on the 27th ultimo by falling from rk ‘window in Passaic, N. J. Coroner Kessler Was notified to hold an inquest,