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—— Ohureh of God, if wo as : 2 Vancement in the Chr, ‘adi idaate made rapid aa. lan life, these stereotyped making for ten or fiiteen Inappropriate to us as the shoes fi ‘the coats we wore tenor fifteen fone oad birds are wiser than we, because y Know when to start. There are those who have perished halfway between the world and oe. ‘They began to pray, but they began to pray their last sickness ne, or they were on the express train, going forty miles an hour, and they came to the bridge and the “draw” ‘Was up and they went down. How long to repent and pray? Two seconds! Two seconds to do the work of a lifetime and to prepare tor the vast eter- ity in! Two seconds! We cannot extemporize en. If we donot get prepared in this world we will never take partin the orchestral harmo- mies of the saved, Ii we xo out of this world un- we secure for our souls @ blasted resi- dence. Oh that we were as wise as the crane and be - Nein fying away! Fly away trom the tem- CLINTON AVENUE EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Meaning of Wiital Sinning=Neces- sity for Immediate Repentance=Ser- mon by Dr. Diilar. The Clinton avenue church was attended by rather congregation yesterday. Dr. Diligr- dame his text ay the following: Epistie of Paul to the Hebrews, x,, 26 and 27— “For if we sin wilfully after that we nave received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for ps; byt a certain tearful Jooke M@ for of Jouemert Seta waangnatlgn, which whall devour the adversaries.” Itis 4 fact asserted in the Holy Scriptures that mo man liveth and sinneth not, and the fact is sus- tained by all who make an examination of them- selves. Hence tn the representation of atonements in the Jewish law the sacrifice of the lamb is typi- eal of the great sacrifice which was made by Christ once for all, When we speak of sinning wil- fully we think it typifies an inclination to do Wrong, @ liking for it, a wantonness; but it means stoning when we know it is sinning—allowing our- selves to be led in the wrong direction knowingly. ‘The expression of the text means not that there is no forgiveness, but that those who having received @ knowledge of the truth, yet sin, must look for a Jaagment. There have been occasions of falling sway and repenting and returning. In the early history of the Christian Church there were some a@postates, yet the Church never refused to take them back. There is only ONE GREAT saceirice © that can be made, and that has been made already. The only remedy for sin wa the sacrifice of Christ which was offered. The Jewish sacrifices were Often repeated, but they were not efficacious.’ On the efficacy, therefore, of the sacrifice of Christ and the inefficiency of all others is grounded the text, The ieariul looking for of judgment means that we should be taught to draw near to God in tull faith, for the worship of God and all other means are the natural consequence o1 what is here asserted. The pardon for sin isto be found in 4 sacrifice y made. Nothing in the future must be ex- pected, it was made once for ail, How great, then, is the hopelessness of expecting any new sacrifice or demonstration for man’s pardon, and how greut 1s the sinfuluess in neglecting this offer of pardon—of not waiking in the HOLINESS OF LIFE! It is one form of apostasy to God, for, says the text, if we sin wiltully alter tiat’ we have received the knowledge, there remains nothing jurther. Man alone can do nothing, the sacrifices of law are valueless and God will do no more, and, if all is done that can be dove, the conclusion is that there remains a certain and feartni looking tor of judg- ment. Therefore, he whe lives in a state of rejec- tion 61 Divine mercy is in a state of apostasy, Salvation is begun m this world and simply carried on in the next. After the close of tuis life man has the means of working out conde:nna- tion. 1 often tell you of probationary lie, Ifa man in a state of sin dies, we only lvok for his judgment. Now, this is tne description given by the apostie of wilful sim:—sin, wiliul, inal, unre- pented, is the unpardonable sin, ‘Chere is no more gacritice lor such sin. ‘The words of the text may apply to all who have received knowledge of the Word of God; the ex- hortation inciudes and implies all Chrisuan duty; seeing, then, that God has done all that can be done, and we can do nothing for ourselves, way should We not dread of all things to sin wiliully ? What manner of persons ought we to be, know- ing that wiilul and unrepented sin leaves us ut iast ina condition that oniy looks on the RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE OF GOD. e For this reason we ought to be very watchful of ourselves. When you say in your prayer, “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespuss egainst us,” how many things you ask for! But the text has not only to do with those’ in the Church, but those ont of it. The Church has been appointed to lead man to Him, chosen ag His own appointed channel. to dispense His blessings; why sliould any one be Willing to live without that blessing? Thoro is no pew work to be doue; there is no other sacrifice Jor sin. If you ever come, tieart and soul, into the Church of Christ, you must come on wiat has al- ready been done for you. And if there is no new advantage, if there i8 no new sacrifice for sin (and we know there is not), if ail these things are so, does not the knowledge make avility as complete ag the power ’ Not to-morrow, but to-day, draw near to God in the fulness of fa\th—to-day, not to-merrow, for you mhay nevar:see to-morrow. lere iS & poor creature, all defiled, who needs to be cleansed, There is the FOUNTALN OF LIFE, and yet he stands by and lets the invitation goand stays months and yeai's in a state of leprosy that destroys body and soul alike. Draw near to God at once, then; itis never so easy to do right as itis now. The twig Chat you will bend with little eftort now can never be siraightened in alter years. Never forget, then, that those who have the neans o1 knowledge and neglect it, aad just so much sin to sin. They are sinning, olten thoughtiessiy, though not the less really, ayd they lessen day by day the probability of their submission; and, all such persons, beware-that none of you think your- selves standing firm! Such persons olten hasten | aily the tall oi the wicked. Kemember, then, daily; try to act upon it daily; seriously, earnestly, that now, not to-morrow, 2 the accepted time, and this is tue day of salva- | on. METHODIST PROTESTANT OHURCH. Lessons from the Crash in Wall Street— Sernron by the Kev. J. J. White. Last evening the Rev. J. J. White discoursed in the Methodist Protestant chureh, corner of Fourth and South Third streets, on the ‘Financial Crash in Wall street, its Causes, and the Lessons of the Hour.” He took for his text the twentieth verse of the ninth chapter of Il. Kings—“And the driy- ing is like the driving of Jehu, the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.” ‘The preacher, in his introductory remarks, gave an interesting sketch of the history of Jehu, who wan @ personification of the spirit of the age im which we live. He (the speaker) happened to be in the Stock Exchange on “Black Friday,” which was a pandemonium. ‘The great evil of the times was an inordinate desire to become rich suddenly; to make fortunes in a day rather than to amass riches by the siow and sure processes which insured competency and comfort, This was pre-eminently a ‘fast’ age, Unbounded activity prevatied everywaere. Appe- tite and passion, regardiess of reason, like a rail- road train with steam up without the engineer, were rushing on furiously, Jehu-like. Reason, God, morality and reiigiou alike were disregarded in the purpose to gratify human desire. Popularity and display were paramount to all other consid- erations and sometimes the Church of God ex- hivited the same spirit. FINANCIALLY A TIDAL WAVE had recently swept over the country, and the unhealthy excitement had been ‘elt in business and church circies. He inquired if there was any good reason for this Wall street crash in this, the richest country in the world. We had the best government; rich mines of coal, iron, silver and gold; business was abundan: prices were high; thé crops were promisi and emigrants were pouring in to dil up our wide domain. Why ali this crash’ Because commercial gamblers “driving furiously’ with speculative Stocks in railroads on paper, deluding the unwary with promises of speedy wealth, had upset the car of speculation and it had gone to pieces in the crasa, If this dangerous rush only affected men financially the evil would ai be so great; bat a great many went down in the ruin with moral natures blighted. How many defaications were unearthed and how much of honor was lost in this furious driving? What were the lessons of the hour? If banks were suspending and ulvertainty prevailed everywicre en should take STOCK IN THE BANK OF HEAVEN, which never suspended payment. They should begin to deal in iaith, hope and charity, in the nobier virtues whic constituted substantial and abiding wealth. In the Gourse of his able sermon Mr. White dwelt upon the things that were com- mendabie in Jehu’s character, such as his energy and zeal for the Lord, and then turned to the reprehensible qualities, the principal of which was his “furious driving.” The speaker exhorted nis hearers to move cautiousiy and se- curely in ail things, and to learn that earthiy enjoyments and riches were mutable. In conciy- sion he dweit in eloquent terms upon the superior- ity of spiritual wealth, waintatoing that divine Tiches inunitely transcended worldly honor and posse the great millionaire of the niversée, and His promises, recorded tn the volume f inspiration, asgured ali who trusted implicitly in Him that they were heirs of an incorruptible in- eritance beyond the grave. The sermon was lis- itened to by a large congregation with unflag- interest from the commencement to the close NEW YORK HERALD. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. BISMARCK. A Parliamentary Evening Party at Prince Bismarck’s, Bismarck’s Abode in the Ministry of For- eign Affairs, 76 Wilhelms Strasse. THE PRINCE AND HIS FAMILY. The Parties of the First German Farlia- ment and Their Leaders. ‘Bismareh’s Opinion of the Relations Between Germany and the United States. oe . a ‘SOUTH GERMAN STATESME The Deputies, Dr. Lasker and Kryger, and the North Schleswig Question. The Supper, in the Kuppelsaal. BAVARIAN BEER. The Opinion of Bismarck and His Intimates as to the End of the Strife with + the Ultramontanes, TWO OCLOCK A. M. The Valne of Such Reonions as Regards Parliamentary Life. BERLIN, Sept. 8, 1873. Among the houses in the now imperial city of Berlin which make any show as public edifices and serve as residences o/ high officials the Hotel Bis- marck takes, perhaps, the very last place. It is the most neglected and smaliest ministertal palace; an antiquated building, in the Rococo style, put lack- ing both the grace and magnificence of gts period. Notwithstanding all this itis in thig House that the most insportant part of modern Buropean his- tory has been played, and there is not a nook or corner in it which has not its political significance or which has not been the scepe of important events. ‘The Hotel Bismarck is situated in that part of the street which leads in a southerly direetion from the Linden to the Wilbelms Platz, on which are the monuments of the heroés who fought under Frederick the Great (Old Fritz). Nearly opposite is the palace of Prince Charles, brother of the Em- peror, chief of the Prussian artillery and father of Field Marshal Prince Frederick Charles, the victor of K&niggriéiiz, Vionville and Orleans, and con- queror of Metz. Bismarck's house has eight windows ffont and two slightly protruding side tracts. The last ‘of these possess each, on the ground floor, ® portal, and,above those oval bow windows resembling balconies, giving the hotel altogether ten windows front. ? THE FACADE of the building looks dismal enough, as if it were the abode o! @ decayed but very aristocratic family, which, like thatof the, rezowped Faisal rag de Calibrados, had more pride and haughtiness than means to sustain either its ancestral home or itself. The remarkable and interesting mementoes it Possesses it Owes alone to the taste of Bismarck and the glorious memories of the life: he has spent in incessant work. It ts well known that for years tne Prince was too sensitive to ask for means to alter and enlarge the building, which is much too small and mean for its purpose, and onty this session the motion was made and almost unanimously granted to give the necessary funds to commence the changes. WE GO IN, At nine o’clock precisely our carriage stoppea betore the right-hand portal which is nearest to the Wilhelms Platz. Passing through the gateway ‘we come upon Six or eight steps which lead to the entresol. On either side of the stairway is a sphinx, and these animal beauties show their full bosom and seem to warn the new arrival with their horrid paws. “How many statesmen have gone the way we are going, with hearts full of proud hopes and orains filled with ambitious ideas! How many of them have gone out again, fallen from the proud eminence of the ministerial bench, wo be heard of no more! Verily, these steps are not unrelated to the Bridge of Sighs at Venice, and the sphinx ought to warn every one who enters here too boldly of the breath of that mysterious Lady Politic, who destroys every one who does not show her attention with the requisite precaution. After having ascended the steps and passed the stony beauties you are at once confronted by the porter, whose box ts on the right. He is a long, thin man, dressed entirely in black, who regards you with an inquisitoria! look, We show our cre- dentials, and he leads us into a half dark passage, in which are the cloak rooms during the parlia- mentary Saturday evening reunions. On our way we meet many Oficiais who are not in fall dress, but who all seem to be ina great hurry and who disappear in oneor the other of the many rooms which open on this corridor. This is the region containing the mystery of all mysteries—the cipher bureau and the office, of the state tele- graphs. Day and night telegrams arrive here from and leave for the east, south, north and west, and there is never any lapse in the service; but the oMciais change here as regularly as do the night sentinels in front of the imperial residence. From the street this enormous activity is not observed, for the tron shutters are hermetically closed. By this time we liave repaired any littie derange- ment in our dress and now emerge in full dress, when the Cerberus of the porter’s lodge’ shows us on the left to a staircase in the form of a half moon, which we ascend, In the antechamber we find a host of liveried servants, the door is opened for us ana we enter tuto a foyer, which is used for persons who await an audience. This is the last PARLIAMENTARY REUNION of the German Reichstag, and we expect that it will be very fully attended, and for this reason we come somewhat earlier, in order to find the Prince and his family disengaged, as later it is impossible to get through the mass of black dresscoats to approach them. We enter at the same time with the Bavarian Deputy, Dr. Veick, of Augsburg. The foyer isa small saloon with turee windows, ‘and the dark paper gives it a very sombre aspect. We bow io @ stately looking lady, who offers her hand with winning amiability. This is Jo- hanna von Bismarck, the Princess herself. She Jooks 80 fresh and graceful that one would not believe that on the lita of April last she had al- ready completed her fiftieth year. She is dressed in a black moire antique dress, décolleté, wears black kid gloves and black bows, fastened arith diamond aigrettes to her brown hair. This toilet is on acconnt of the Court mourning for Prince Adaibert of Prussia, the Great Admiral of the Prassian navy, aud for the Princess of Liegnita, the second wife of King Frederick William IIL, the Emperor's father, The Princess invites us to enter with her into the large saloon, which has Ove windows, and, like the joyer, faces the garden. ‘ THE SALOON ig hung With carmine colored silk damask, In this 7 Willan’, Whd wears | Tepresentative of the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. | agaiust the attack o/ an enthe French army corps, | Ludwig Bamberger, of Mayence, wno once fought saloon we find the Prince Chancellor, and with him the Princess Maria, his only and very charm- ing daughter, and Count William, his second son. Among the guests already arrived we notice Presi- dent Dr. Simson, Minister von Delbrttck, the chief of the Chancellerie, and Freiherr von Brinken, @ young diplomat, who 1s aaid to possess the Prince’s confidence in a high degree. Among the ladies present we notice the beauti- ful Countess of Doerhof and Malvina von Aftnim, Bismarek's only sister, and to whom he refers in his many private letters, calling ber by @ pet name, Malle. There are several otner ladies pres- ent whom we do not yet know. AS all the ladies are in court mourning and the gentiemen in black dress coats, the only points of color are the Prince, wno appears in his well known and already historic uniform of the Cuirassiers (light blue, with yellow iacings), and bis son, Count ars hjs uniform of Meutenant of Dragoons of the Guard. —_,, + Without doubt.the reader is already acquainted with the Prince’s pearance, and we will only.add a few characteristics, . BISMARCK SKETCHED. Only a {ew days ago we had the pleasure of wait- ing upon the great strategist, Count Moltke, and the impression made on our mind by the cele- brated soldier is totally diferent irom the one made upon us by Bismarck, Although both impress us with reverence, the reverence in Moltke’s case is united to a fecling of admiration and with @sense of the mental superiority which he pos- gesses, Whereas in Bismarck’s case it is more a feeling of fear undawe. But these latter two im- pressions only predominate while you are in his actual presence and able to see aud ponder upon any little traits of his character, We feel as if we stood belore a case filled with beautiful and won- drous arms, not knowing which to touch, a8 we are not aware which one happens to be loaded, Per- haps a plece may explode at the teas touca, Whereas at other times we can regard the syperb organism in perfect safety. Bismarck has wondrous eyes, and if it is true that the eye is the window of the mind and the soul, then Mr. Bismarck’s eye is most interesting to the explorer of mmense reaims. ‘The bushy eyebrows bali shade them and soften the flery look. In the corner o! the eye there seems to lurk a partly pleasant and partly threat ening smile, ready to Come and go at a moment's notice. His eve 2nd mouth correspond wonder- fully, The sense of his words and the expression Of bis eye move together, and when he wishes to hide a thought he suddenly Stops speaking and at | the same time passes his hands over his eyes to rest tiem. ‘There are moments when, while speak- ing rapidly, his eyes dash lightning, but in ao moment Ue is calm and continues in an even, open- hearted tone oi voice, while his eyes master the assembly with their accusiomed repose. We specially say open-hearted, for that ‘is the normal state of Bismarck’s benevolent nature and cor- diality. But this he, snows only to those | who duly appreciate the favor ot bis presence. Want of tact aud consideration be never forgave in uny one, even a8 ® young man, and he never loses a kind Of Watchful severity toward those about him, * ‘The athletic Agure of the Prince Chancelior over- tops all his guests, and the imperor and he are considered tue tallest men in Beriin. With a cor- diality which is genuinely his own he weicomes us, “Tam glad to see you,'’ he says, shaking us by the hand. “We have been wanting to invite you here for some time, but Dame Politics and her sur- roundings leave us no rest. Beatus tlle qui procul,’ the Prince sighed. “But, thank heaven! the time will soon come when one can leave tor Varzin. Poor Parliament has been troubled enough. But there was no help for it. We could spare each other no work. When once the house is dressed half the work ts done.” WHEREUPON WE UNDERTAKE TO INTERVIEW THR PRINCE, To our remark, that the Prince no doubt foresaw that the sessivn would last so long, he replied, ‘No, no; it Was not to be expected. itis the horrible habit of making long and would-be beautilul speeches thut kills one. We certamly had not counted on our | representative for Wurtem- berg, Moritz Moll. @ wione made speeches ex- tenuing over 100 hours, Imagine, then, whether we might not justly iear a softening of tie brain, if every one of the 885 members of Parliament were to employ tne coraucopiw of their wisdom and their vocabularies to sucu an extent,’? “Your old nervousness, Your ttighness, seems to be worse than ever,” Lremarked, “Do you stll sleep 80 badly?” “ot course,” replied the Prince; ‘as badly as possible. 1t is the oid evil Of the days when L was yet a Deichnauptmann. I hardly ever got into bed elore four o’cluck in the morning; but if once 1 am careless euourh to retire to rest like a good citizen, 1am sure to wake up next morning at cock-crow. lam too curious to kuow whicu uay- light appears. When otiers rise 1 go to bed, and before eleven o'clock A. M. I hardly ever emerge trom between the sheets.” BUT HB GETTETH AWAY. With this he nodded kindly to us and turned to speak to the Bavarian Minister, D’Fiustie. We now paid our compliments to his daughter, the Princess Maria, She 18 not quite so tull as her | mother, but has @ very agrevable appear- ance. Her dark. eyes contrast wor deriully well with her splendid white com- plexion. Not far irom her sat on one of the sofas which are in the salon her younger brother, Count William (who 18 still called by the boyhood’s name of Bill), wit Herren von Kardori, Miguel and | vop Bernuth, and he was explaining to them the contents of an album containing various photo- gruphs of French places which he had pussed through during the late war. ‘The young Countis an officer of the First Dragoons of the Guard, that élite regiment which, on the 16th of August, 1870, with two smail regiments, defended itsell so vravely In spite of the Cuassepots they broke through the enemy’s infantry, passed through the fire- spitting cannons and rode down the French Lancers, who formed Marsha) Bazaine’s own escort, until at last, surrounded on ail sides, they had to retreat before the enemy's superior numbers, The Count described this heroic deed with great modesty, aud when com- Jimented on his bravery and on tue part he took fate battle himself, he very modestly said, ‘lt has always been the duty and desire o/ all Prussian horsemen to dare and brave the greatest peril.” ‘The grand saloon begins to fill now inisters, state oificials and members of both houses begin to pour im in crowds through the folding doors, We notice, in a group Ol gentiemen who are con- tersing,the !ace ol President Simson, one of the old Govha men of 1849. Here is Dr. Faik, the youthful Minister of Public Instruction, whose face shows au energetic will, combined with kindness and ood temper. We knew his iather, the vid mem- er of the Council of Education of Breslau, who was the first pulpit orator of his day. The son had thus already, by his education, imbibed the liking for theology. There enters Camphausen, the Minister of Finance, whose face reflects the satisfaction he feels at the fourth milliard, which he not iong ago received trom France, Here is Ur. von Achenbach, the popular successor of the late Minister of Com- merce, Count Itzenplitz, who resigned in conse- quence Of the discovery that several high officials had been active in promoting public companies. Then passes us Kudoiph von Benningsen, from Han- over, formerly the iounder and President of the Na+ tionai Club, aud now one of the chief props of the | new German unity. Von Forckenbeck, the newly elected Chief Magistrate of Breslau, chats with in the Palatinate (Bavaria) tor @ Ger- man republic, then fled and established | @ banking house in Rotterdam and Paris, and who has now returned to the new German Empire and has become one of the most | faithfui admirers of the Prince. Bamberger has distinguished himself as much by the warnings he addressed to the Prussian government !rom /’aris, | before the war of 1870, as by lis bill on the new German’ monetary system, which lately passed through Pariiament, We also notice the worthy Mayor of Damburg, Mr. Gumprecht, whose speeches, aithough often | very long, are mostly to the pot. Not iar from | him stands Professor Gneist, that sharp casuist, who, as reporter of the House of Deputies on the | Church laws, so often by his convincing logic ¢ raged the ultramontane Centre, especially the hut- biooded Herren von Maliinkrodt. Very handsome is the yet youthful representa- tive of the city of Munich, Freiherr Schenck von | Stauffenberg. He is oue of the few representa- tives of the so-calied “Old Bavaria who does not belong to She ultramontane Centre, Here we aiso find Advocate Hoider, of Stuttgart, one o! the vet- erans of the German cause, Miguel of Osnabriick, and jittle Edward Lasker, the most important man in the group. He can flatter himself that he has the most intimate knowledge of and is the best interpreter of the new German constitution. Me it was also who at last lifted the veil from the | corruption of Berlin speculators, and who has since then become the most popular of all berlin repre- seatatives, These men ail belong to the national: | liberal party, taat iaction which until! 1866 was the | bitter enemy of Bismarck politics, but which since then has become its chief prop. From the progressive party of the Left In the Parliament there are only two members present. | ‘The one with somewhat rough maaners is Eugene | Richter, ot Berlin, an arithmetical genius, who can detect the most trifling error in the most compli- cated account of receipts and expenditures, and who can examine and judge the most entangled budgets. He is ambitious, dissatisfied and restiess, and no doubt has come this evening more to see and Watch the state of matters just belore the closing Of the doors than to talk or amuse himself. The second, of these Is Edward Banks, the youngest | ‘This man is filled with such patriotisin that, on the breaking out of the war with France, he left a nu- merous family aod @ flourishing legal practice to become a simple jollower of the ambulance and the army. Perhaps the most of the gentlemen present be- long to THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY or its sister faction the liberal conservative. After 1866 most of these gentiemen were very mach dis- tisded with the Prince whom they had formerly jored, on account of the new and liberal laws Which le at that period introduced, and which dtd not it them, But, gradually, they have recon- clied themselves to the new state of thi | the pew Gerinan Union was here begun. In their midst we recognize the members, Voi Denzin, Von Belos, Von Meyer Armwade and the venerable Von Prabkenberg Ludwixs, who despite ; is eighty-eight years, is yet robust and jolly. He {s the oldest incmber of the House. hile the conservative party 18 mostly composed of smaller land-holding nobility; the great property holders, the princes, jlukes and counts, almost without caegpeion, belong to the liberal conservatives, Tis is probably Sccounted for by the fuct that besides representing thelr large landed interests, they also represent their industrial establishment dare thus not only eager supporters of Bismarck, but have 180 a steady connection with the money aristoc- pina Ba belongs mostly te the national liberal We notice among these, first of all, the Hanove- rian Count Munster, newly elected Minister to the Courtof st, samen ae also the truly aristocratic bearing of the two brothers of the House of Ho- henzollern, the Duke of Ratibor and Corvey. and the former Bavarian Minister Eresiagnt, Chiodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfurst. It was the Jatter who, of all South German statesmen, first understood Prussia’s policy, and who steadiby, #ithough jor a long time unsuccessfully, worke for Bavaria’s connection with it. It wag also he who pretended to first read aright the tendencies of the Ecumenical Counct! held in Rome, and who, in October, 1870, published that celebrated circular aespatch to ail the Powers, in which he admon- ished them to counteract the infallibility question beiore it had become adogma, His warning was 4 Bot heeded, ... "THB OTHER PACTIONS of Parliament are not represented. Naturally the Poles and the few social democrats who sit in Par- liament are just as little to be seen in the assem- blies as 18 Frauce’s friend, Sonneman, or the Gaelpn, Ewald, Windhorst and Reichensperger, who attended formerly, and who belong to the Catholic Centre, are not present to-night. The members of the various parties, as well as the répreseutatives of the various parta of Ger- many, promenade through the rooms, chatting gayly, and now and tien one sees some of them empty a glass of that famous punch which the servants hand around continually, and in the prep- aration of which the Bismarcks are said to be re- nowned from time immemorial, and wishing each other ahappy ‘du revoir” until nexysession, Among them all agpenrs from tifne to time the imposing figure of the Prince, speaking a few words OF making an inquiry of one or the other as he passes, While we were walking through the rooms we were joined by Privy Counsellor Von Obernitz, brother of the celebrated general and leader of the Wurtembergian army during the war. Obernitz is @n oid and intimate confidant in Bismarck's house, although this gentleman, who now enjoys great induence at court, was, at the tame that Bis- marck Was Prussia’s Ambassador to the defunct German Diet, but a poor secretary at the Post Omice, From the period when the Prince first made the acquaintance and discovered the worth of this Modest gentleman dates Obernitz’s confidential footing in Bismarck’s family, The Prince knows how to select and retain his friends. the side of this dapper littie gentlkman we enter the tastily furnished boudoir of the Princess, which room is charmingly decorated with flowers and exotic plants, Obernitz calls our attention to a life size portrait of the Prince, This picture was painted in irank- fort twelve years ago, and is still a wonder- ful likenessy How many changes has Germany experienced during this time | : While yet regarding and admiring this portratt we unexpectedly met THE AMBASSADOR AT WASHINGTON, Fretherr von Schidzer, who was 1n deep aud seem- ingly important conversation with Privy Council- lor of Legation, Von Brinker, who, with a warm shake of the hand, welcomed us in the new in- perial city. We spoke of the probable cause of Schlizer’s presence in Berlin, Wen Obernitz remarked :—“our relations with tie United States seem to improve daily; only a few days ago the Prince said to me:— ‘America 1s #iways our true iriend, and we will ve | the same to her, They may do as they like over there tn what does not concern us; but we have a great deal in common in our mutual interesis as well as in our reciprocal relations, and we would both, be foolish indeed were We not always to main- tain a good understanding.’ ’ From the bouddir of the Princess we entered the Prince’s comiortably aud modestly furnished } etudy. Beiore the only window which lights this | capinet stands the large double writing desk, on each side of which there is a chair with a low back. In the corner, before the fire- lace, stands @ sola, on the ground before which | ies the splendid lion akin which was brought from | Alricapy the celebrated explorer, Gerhard Rolls. | Ivis a present trom the sultan of whom Rolls had related a good ¢ of the Suitan “Wilent’? and his Grand Vizier, Bi rk. Bothescemed to 11 f the Bedouls to oe a new edition of Yue honest Haroun-al-Raschid aud his Graud Vigier, Giafar, Tue Sultan of Fezzan was particularly pleased by | the name of Bismarck, tor in Arabian Bismark means “quick tire” or “rapid action.’ ‘The walls oi this room are decorated with arms and stags and antlers, and also with pictures of tue Great Elector and Frederick the Great, Another remarkable piece of furoiturg is in this room, near the door which leads fromthe study to the bed- room; this ig the Prince's celebrated cuckoo clock. This being @ party evening, the mechanism is stopped, but on other occasions the clear voice of the cuckoo prociaims the expiration of each naif hour, and thus reminds the visitor that he is with @ man whose time belongs to lis Emperor and his couutry, Various stories aud ecdotes are whis- pered of the influence this clock Is said to have ex- erted on the fates of various people, From the study we turued to the door on the right and entered the conference or ° BILLIARD SALOON. ‘This saloon has five windows, and is modestly but tasteiuily furnished, Over the divau hangs the large vil painting of the Bmperor, which, if we are nov mistaken, is @ mMasterpicce of Prolessor Richter; and on the manteipicce stands wn im- mense porcelain vase, both presents irom William 1, go bis Cuancellor, + ! Near the two windows on the right hand stands the billiard table, on which at certain times there 18 | an exhibition of the gifts and letters offering the | freedom of cities which have been made to tue Priuce by cities and corporations. ‘The costliness and taste with which the precious | metals and stones are arranged in the jormer, as | well as the beautiful pulntings on the satter, are | wondertul and well worthy inspection, Against | the wali opposite the windows, and near the door | which leads back to the grand saloon with the red silk hangings, stands a sofa, and beiore it an oval table, around whic toere are six to eight chairs. | In the right-hand corner of this sofa sat, with the appearance of acunning statesman, Count Bene- detti, when, on the 6th of August, 1866, he subailt- ted to Bismarck tue secret treaty ou the Rhiue frontier, and when he fixed the ultimatum, “May- | euce or war.” “Well, then, LEf IT BE WAR,” was Bismarck’s reply. ‘The upshot of this conversation was the threat- ening Luxembarg question, the prologue of the | Frauco-German war. Here it was, also, that the | Wurtembergtan minister, Freiherr yon Varnbibier, in the same memoravie month of August, expressed his views on the German cartoons convention and thus gave the firstidea of “bridging the Main,” the first union of all Germat nations in the eco- nomical field. Herr Von Obernitz called my attention to the second winduw on the left and said:—"“From this window the Minister President, Bismarck, ad- dressed the dense and jubilant crowds assembled on the evening of tue 29th of June,1s60, as the news came that our army had been victorious at Nacuod- Skalitz, Soor and Miachengratz. While Otto von | Bismarck was speaking @ severe thunder storm broke out and played the melody to bis text, but the yinale Was the deaiening cheers of the rejoicing | populace.” in chis, the most remarkable of all the rooms, the ministerial councils are held. Here the taree | last wars were determined upon, here the treaties | i peace Were Claborated, and the constitution of | Since 1862 | all intrigues against the Prince were directed here, | and from this roow all the countermines were laid by whieh the Prince vanquished all hus opponents. In thus Saloon We also amet Freiherr rrang von Roggenbach, @n old acquaintance of ours, This statesman, from the Grand Duchy ot Baden, was the first one who setup and practised the maxim that “A iiberal Cabinet 18 the most con- | servative policy of a clever government.” He fell im 18d0 a victiia to the ultramontane and | | covtru-Pras#ian jaction in Baden, and bad to retire | from pudiic ue just at that time when he could | have acted to tie greatest advantage tor the Ger- man ¢ause, Since that day we h not sé¢eu him, | anda singular emotion overcame the writer of | these lines woile siaking the hand of this man in this place after so many eventiul years, o1 this man who Was one oi the first pioneers of the German idea, and who sowed for otners to reap, We edpressed to the Laden ex-Minister onr emotion, and told him that we recognized tn him | one of the sounders of ‘ TUK NEW GERMAN BRA. “You honor me a great deai tou much,” he earnestly replied, “AU 1 can clatin is that during the dark and cheerless days | ciuug tenactously to the idea | of the resurrection of German unity, and that I tried to 1ustil this confidence into the minds of others, But the same was done by others during and bejore my time. hot those brave men who were cailed demagogues, and who from 1820 to 1824 were pursued and liunted down—were not | they the ones who inculcated into the hearts of the German youth that feeling of @ common fatner- land? ‘he men who from 1845 to 1349, while lon, ing to attain the desired result, opposed a narrow- minded aud antiquated government with be principle that ‘througi liberty aione unity was to be obtained,’ and who spent their biood and their lives in misery or in dungeons, or who, exiled, fled to the North Ameri- can Kepublic—those tuen did more than l, If even my endeavors, while some time Minister in Baden, have been useful to the development o1 German 8, those men did and. braved tufuitely more I for the good cause. Kach one of the brave ‘enadicrs who fought and fell at Wotrth or Grave- joite has rendered better service in the building of the new German Empire.”’ On our trying to contradict him in this he inter- rupted us with the words—‘You are really mis- taken. Besides onr courageous soldiers we have to thank a few commercial geniuses, who in 1866 aud 1870 possessed Bismarck’s confidence, tor the ew and improved state of things,” It was Herr von Varnbihier who rendered the Customs treaty and the pian for tue confederation of the South German States plausible to the Prince, and said Roggeubach, pointing to a d rated gentieman who eutered by the door of tue saloon with the red silk hangings, “I herewith in- troduge you to Herr von Miltnacht, who in June, | Mense quantities of if were consumed, Serves great credit for the efforts he made to win the support of King ere of Bavaria for the erection of ihe empire of the House of Hohenzol- lern. win exchanged several cordial words with the ter. In the meantime the crowd had also come into this room and had become too great to Permit a tranquil conversation, pardng a Cherise, Miltnacht and Rog- asked numerous tions, groups of Gentlemen, when ip . NG COUNT BISMARCK pointed through the doors of two saloons oe stoed open before us to the well-appointed hall we not take some alight refre: @ glass of something trom the buffet? er catty now, for when the great invasion begins—when | the parliamentary army attacks the ministerial table—we will have @ hard time of it in the be- sleging army,”’ e entered the next room. It was the dining and so-called “Govelin’” saioon. The latter name it received in the last century from the Dutch Gobelin hangings, On the yellowish-gray ground of these hangings are flower wreaths and ara- besques, interwoven with angling boys and girls who braid flower wreaths, all jn Dutch garb, as also bamboo buts and mandaring with long tails, ‘The design is somewhat like the paintings on old Dutch and Japanese porcelain, and ther taste- jessness is only excusable by their antiquity. Our endeavors tu assist in Count William’s attacks on the buifet were prevented by Dr. Braun, Some- body had given him our non-parliamentary name, and he forthwith introduced himseli to us, and we were soon involved in JOURNALISTIC AND LITRRARY TOP! among others what the consequences of the new German Copyright law would be. Count William left us, smillngly, to the enjoyment of the mental buffet which the entertaining member for Wi baden set before us, and turned to tye more sub- stantial one of his father. But the controversy with Dr, Braun waa soon ended, Allatonce we were obliged to listen to calls from various sides and return to the conference room, Everybody was astonished and only spoke in whispers, Every one’s attention was directed tothe rrince, who stood next to the billiard table, in ardent conversation with Dr. Lasker. The good understanding usually existing between the great Chancellor and the little Doctor had latterly been somewhat disturbed. Lasker, in replyi to one of Bismarck’s speeches, had contrasted the stand- pe of the German people with that of the Prince, His expressions had greatly EXASPERATED BISMARCK, - who, after declarmg that he was one of the German people, reprimanded Lasker rather vehemently in the following words:—“Joh verbitte mir das.” (L decline listening to such language.) On account of this Lasker did not come to the previous reception, and busybodies had, as usual, been whispering all sorts of things apropos of this estrangement. AS well as we could make out they spoke of the changed relations which, through the iall of Thiers, had occurred in regard to France; and from this the conversation turned on the coming elections to the German Parliament. The Prince emphasized the remark that “he was perfectly convinced that on all great issues the solidarity of.the government with the liberal party was per- fectly assured.” By degrees the circle grew, and conversation be- came general, and some one made the remark that three years ago, on this very spot, the new ‘Wain Bridge” was buptized. Upon this followed several other reminiscences of those days, THE PRINCE CHANCELLOR defended the South German policy he at that time pursucd, and according to which “he did not wish to take the cream Of and then let the other milk eurdle,"? He especially praised the German national tendency of the King and people of Bava- ria, vents have fully justified the reserve with which Bismarck formerly acted. he acted contrarily and rapidiy, and had he admitted the union with Baden, which that country so ardently desired, the war with France would only have been provokes 80 much sooner, and certain.y under leas favorable: auspices that two years afterwards. The conversation how became more and more general, and the crowd that had been gathered together dissolved into smaller groups, Dr. Braun, himself anauthor apd an authority on transatiantic affaira, called our attention to an elderly, plain-looking gentiemgn with a healthy complexion, and asked us whether we knew who that was. On our rep!y- ing in the negative he told us that it was Dr. Kry- ger, the member for Hadersicben, the only repre- sentative of the Danish party in the frontier dis- tricts of North Schleswig. This is Dr. Kryger’s first’ appearance in these assemblies, and we regard Ms presence as very significant. It indi- cates a change in the disposition of North Schies- wig towards Germany. We are told that Bismarck had just finished quite anamiable chat with the old gentleman, who represented his cause ina dignifed manner. Bis- marek remarked that he could not very well help hum, considering that about iorty millions of Ger- mans are of a different opinion, Tyger replied to this that for a long time he had had no‘connection whatever with Copenhagen, and that he only spoke in the name of his Danish-speaking country- men. He indicated that THE PROMINENT DESIRE IN NORTH SCHLESWIG ts tuat definitive conditions or arrangements should be made, and that a manuesto from the goverument, saying that it would renounce the execution of the noted article in the Treaty of Prague, would be received without animosity. To this the Prince rephed—‘Let tie question rest, I advise it in your country’s own interest. The Scnieswig question is like verta:n iruits, which tin- prove the more the louger they tay quiet.” groased in conversation, We again get into Govelin saloon, and remember Count Wiilliain’s warntng. ° ‘The long buffet was already hidden by a dense circle oi black dress coats, ud we entered the ball room. Tunis 18 the dargest saloon im the whole house. It 1s situated above the entrance of tne entresol, where the svhiuxes watch the steps, The corner Of this room are rounded, and, besides two @ils de vwus Whica lace the garden and the street, it is only lighted by an oval glass dome. Along the walls are solas, belore eacn of which there ure a table aud cualrs. And below the @tis de bwus there are two long divans, velore whicu tiere 18 @ jurge table, which is already in the possession of numerous members, who are deeply engaged in Wetting their throats and restoring the inne: man. oes middie of the saloon, in which at other umes BERLIN'S FAIREST AND MOST ARISTOCRATIO LADIES move tneir damty jieet to the inspiriting tones ofa waits, is now taken up by an immensely long table, upon which a splendid cold cullation 1s spread. Another table factog this one and nearer to the wall is covered by an array of yiasses of various shapes and patterns. In astounding uantities one sees the best of Bordeaux, ine and Moselle wines, and on @ cross biock against the wail lies venerably the cask of Bavarian beer, and while one servant fills the large silver covered jugs another empties them again into the glasses Of the thirsiy German members of Parlia- ment, DISMARCK’S ETIQUETTE. Bismarck was the first to introduce beor into the sat the indestructible ChanceNor with his family and about ‘twenty- fatigue-proof gentlemen before plate and bottle tn the best humor. But we did not allow ourselves to be led astray, as we wished to loave Berlin early the next morn- ing. We were at last able to escape, and walked slowly home through the deserted streets. The weather was splendid—a summer nighe that one might pass entirely out of doors, Walking slenm yg fe into @ Parliamentary summer night’ dream, While our mind she reviewing in impressions received during the evening the uestion involuntarily presented itseif to _ hat ae have such Parliamentary cvenin) parties’ They are very fatiguing for the Prince and his guests, while there is no thought of prose cuting political manceuvres or making agreements as to voting for any measures, still less of capti- vating the vote of any member or whipping others in for the Parliamentary campaign, One chats and listens and, atter all, acts according to his own ideas. Where, then, is the benefit of such reunions? Our opinion is that the benefit is’ quite incalculable, These parties are of the great- est and most palpable oonpeanence, not only in @ political, but also in a social point of view. Ministers are often unapproa ole for members, when even the latter's political tenets coincided with the former's, This oficial tuaccessibility favors Prejudice as well as distrust, for, trom a distance one can never gain a sufficieat insight. The Par- ltamentary debate is no free interchange of ideas, but a strife of opinions. There short words, strik- ing examples and sharp, logical reasons are wanted to obtain the desired uecision either for or against the other party; but to convince an Op. ponent that he ts in the Wrong, or to be convinced ourselves that we have erred—this is beyond the power of a debate, In Parliament persons and parties not only remain strangers to each other, but are in a hostile position to each other, All dee pends there upon PARTY TACTICS AND PARTY DISCIPLINE, which La fetters for the liberty of the individ- ual Through these tactics the members of a party very often lose the survey of the whole, Mostly, also, when Parliamentary strife becomes hot, then the contrasts imprint themseives sharper, in order not to lose sight of the party principles. In short, it often happens during a Pariiamentary debate that one party places party allegiance be- fore patrietism or love of its country, because it confounds the one with the other. But all this Raturally ceases at Prince Bismarck’s parties. ‘There one converses with the other, while the Prince speaks to everybody, There there are no parties, but rather there appears the political judi- viduality, which in Parliament ts suppressed by discipline aud tactics aud aifected by the strife, A few words addressed to the Prince himself or to any opponent sometimes explain more or destroy more quickly @ prejudicial opinion than a long and fatiguing debate. One feels oneself more like a friend than a poli- tician, Bismarck lays aside the Minister to be- come an affabie host; the talk is no-boyish quarrel, but a friendly conversation. Here no one thinks of ersuading Or outwitting anotier, but @ free un- Rerstanding is reawned. INSTRUCTION, One learns the human and harmless side of the other, and leaves No. 76 Wilhelm’s strasse with much Wider and ireer ideas than he entered it with, Thus the endeavor to bave mutual harmony in Parliament is the real purpose of these reantons. The best proof that this end 18 reached and bears good fruit for the sessien 1s shown by the absence of the irreconcilables—the, hot-bloodet ultramontanes, Guelphs, Poles, &¢c.—in fact, by the absence of those extreme parties ‘who neither have ever learned nor forgotten anything,” al- though they, like all the others, are invited. They stay away for the very evident reason that they fear to lose some of their ruggedness by human inter- course and jear to step down [rom their hostile sta- tion. They resemble the acrobats, who avold looking down on the people’s heads for fear of losing their balance, We believe that it needs no stronger po- litical argument to show that these Parliamentary reuntons tend to improve the German cause, good feeling and better understanding between all. “ _BVERY SATURDAY EVENING during the session these reuntons take place. AN that as passed during the week, the bills which are submitted, the good or bad votes tor and against, the ebullition of individual feeling which rendered the debate more animated, the bills which are coming on the following week, the scruples which one or the other has concerning theni—all these are commented upon at Bis- Marek’s: ‘The Prince can here afford to be more confiden- tial; in the Parliamentary debate he cannot. Many a one carries awuy with him a secret, an exp! ; tion or a hint which puts the point at issu quite a different lignt. One learns to appreciate, love and esteem the character, which trom tl speaker's tribune one cannot, . Thus Bismarck’s parties have attained an unex- pected importance in this first German Parlia- mentary session. However strong an election may be—whatever results it may obtain, one thing Is | certain—that it will bear a strong imprint of the | Induences of the Parliamentary reunions at Prince Bismarck's, May the dedcription of the last of these parties anord our sister country, America, some insight into eur political lite! BISMARCK’S CHRISTIANITY. Contradiction of the Fable Published by the “World” Makin Bismarck an Atheist-A Letter from the Great mn A The hw a Rta gbc ~\ DRESDEN, Atnmon Strasse 2%, Sept. 8, 1878. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— I send you a translation of an authentic reply from Prince Bismarck to the stories of a conver- correspondent of the New York World communi- cated to his paper,.and which other papers, more bent upon sensation than truth, have copied witn- out discrimination or scruple, Tne subject seemed to me important enough to warrant a correspond- ence with Prince Bismarck, and leltcited the fol- lowing reply, which he gave me full liberty to use at my discretion :— Dr, BeNpan—I received your communication with many thanks. So many falsenoods are told on my account thatlam not astonished at this varelaced invention. I do not Kuow il there are people stupid enough to beheve such things; but one cheng is certain—I never with any oneae conversation of an import similar to that to which youreier. There can consequently not even bea misunderstanding alleged as a pretext for that falsehood (Lige—lie). But it strikes me that the nrase “to crush Rome tn order to crush Chris- lanity,” very plainly shows the source and pur- pose of that calumny. That my convictions and my belief are the oppo- site of what that sable puts in my mouth no man in Germany doubts, and aiso in America people Will gay that tf one were #0 Gou-forsaken (Gottver- bere as to think so be would hardly be fool enough thus to talk. V. BISMARCK, drawing 1oom, and, trom what can ve innovation 1% appreciated. After we had ourselves we took a seat ta @ comiortable recess | where we had discovered some acquaintunces, A Well-known member ol strictly Catholic views, but nevertheless beionging to the national-liberal arty, wlso took @ Seat atour table. Le had just haa a somewhat lengthy conversation with tae Coancellor on the present state of the coufict with Kome. As is well Known, Bismarck tude the fol- lowing observation tu Pariicment on the Lith of June jast;—‘ lt wiu be the duty of tue German goy- ernment, aiter the hew Papal eiection, to examine whether tho same has been executed completely and validly, and whether tne elected is realy en- titled toali those rights and privileges which are | only due to a properly elected Pope. ‘The wltra- montane press iu and out of Rome yot enraged at this spgecit, aud poured out their vials o; Wrath on the Obaucellor's heaa, BISMAKCK ON THE PAPAL POWER, The Chancelior, in commenting on tins to the Silesian inempber, made the followiug remarks :— “Just now agood deal vo! ot is being poured on the fire, but it will hot be the means of causing a universal conflagration, for | have jcood reason to know that things are Leing cousideved tranquilly again m@ the Vatican. The Cumate is hotter tuere, and we would wrong the Church were we to prone their temperament by the scale of our | orvhern German Koman Zealots, Most of the power 18 spent, and the oficial press, like the Osservatoro Komano and the Civilita Catolica, have been commanded to sub- | aide. of peace, It is probable that soon we will have offers Well, we are fo Darbariaus. We did not seek the strife, and {i the Holy See is only wise | | enough to elect some one who thinks more of Christ's golden rule than of the golden call of tem- poral power, bot a stone will be iaid in the way of the new Pope. The great Gerinan nation will not and cannotaliow any jorcign government over auy | of its subjects, [the Vatcau will reconcile tusell to | our laws, and has reached the undersiandng that the Poye is all the ireer tae more independent he 1s Of the policy of certain congregations, then no one will reiuse him the revereuce aud considera- tion due the religioas leader of the German Catho- lic popuiation.”” The South Germans could not withstand the sweet home reminiscences of Bavarian beer, and im. The domed saloon of the Hotei de Bistnarck resembled Walienstein’s camp, bit na the foliowers were dressed in evening costumé, BISMARCE'S SOCIAL QUALITIEA, One must have seen the easy grace with which the Prince stays afew miautes with ene group or another, drinking wine with one aud beer with another and playing the attentive bost every where, in order to be abie to understand that io member, unless he 18 am aggreasive and direct enemy of new Germany, can withstand tne Jeellug OF growing affection for the Prince, The hours pass here like minutes, talking, as one does, with hundreds und hundreds, ‘The impressions’ made upon one are so fresh, free aad dramatic, | everything 18 talked of so unconstratnedly, that one someumes is almost forced to’ express one’s Opinion frankly. Only after we were again tired from standin; walking and talking did weremark that the waite: seemed to run off, that the crowd began to be less | dense and that ‘one Deputy after another topk French leave, To our coasternation we found it was ALREADY TWO O'CLOOK A. M. We are just in the act of passing irom the Govelin saloon to the vestibule when Count William stops us. “Do you leave already, now, when it is quieter and 80 much more enjoyabie *’ Papa and mamma 1870, not only induced the Court of Wurtemberg take an active part with Prussia bat who sigo de- are just going to sup comiortably aud rest from the faturoes of the evening.” | followed. aud realiv there The transiation ‘gs as Uteral asf could make it withous #pouing the scope and point of his decla- ration. ‘The matter itscif is of great importance to the Christian—nay, Lo the religious—world; and as an authentic declaration irom such a maste:-mind | it 13 worth @ great many sermons, even. when | spoken by the Beechers or Sydows of the present } generation, send it to the HERALD becinse it | Was, as | suppose, the only leadiag paper that was. discrest enough not to propagate such doubtiul news and to play with a name that rules men and empires for the Sake of creating an hour’s sensa- tion, 1aim,witn great respect, eet truly yours, * D, BENDAN, Ph. D., late Professor New York University. Concerning my celiability | reier you to or sioward Crosby, No, 306 Second avenue, r Cha | Of the German, as it was sent to me by Prince | Bismarck himself, I send you a verbatim copy, which you may give to the New York ‘stants. | Zeitung, ia return ior its apology and defence of | him, THE POLES, * The Polish Church Project. At the Harmonie Rooms, in Essex street, | @ meeting of Polish residents, who are en- | gaged in a@ project to establish a Polisn Roman Catholic church in this city, was heid yes. terday afternoon, when Dr. Zoinowskt presided, A committee appointed at a previous meeting sub- | mitted @ report of a conference on the subject witn Archbishop McCloskey to the effect that as soon a8 & congregation is ,ormel and a priest engaged achurch wili be assigned for the use of the same until achurch oF their own shall have beet ob~ tained, A resolution was pissed to form an asso- ciation to carry ot the project, and the names of | Mose present Were enrolled as members, respec- tively as members vi che -ongrogation to be formed ; } eacigmember, 1. was resuived, 13 to pay an initia® | Lion fee of $1. it was aivo resolved to send to Po~ | lund for @ pricsi, © ve engaged 48 pastor of the projooted congregation. itis proposed to acquire | Certata charel property tha is located om avenue \ C and Fi th street. ae | WIDKTE COLLINS AND THE UN{ON SQUARE THEATRE, New YORK, Sept. 27, 1873, To ims Eviror ov rue YWerauo:— In your article of this morning, “Wilkie Colling in New York,” after stating that “some mx or eigut dramatic .versions of the ‘New Magd@alen’ bad been produced by tae wandering scribes of Columbia,” you add that “the last of all, which 1s now being performed at one theatre,” will “be re. produced at another under the title of the ‘Geneva Cross.’ This statement would make it appe: that Lam of the band of literary pirates who hi already appropriated Mr. Collins’ property, Pe mitime, through your columns, to disclaim the im. putat.on, and to add that the play about to be pro. daced as the “Geneva Cross" is entirely original, lam, sir, yours, obediently, GHORGE FAWCETT ROWR, FIRE IN AWN STREET, A fire broke out yesterday afternoon ta the cop floor of the #ix story building No. 90 Ann street, occupied by J. Searle, bookbinder, that damage of $1,500, ‘The baiding belongs: Py * Crookeraft, 1t was inaured to tae axtent of | sation on the subject of religion which a Berlin - f