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10 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGHNG pt oe November 9---To D2 v5 Re- ligious Exere eos, ——+—— CHURCH AWD STATE. a The Otyvholics and SicCfool Question. the SSO WES HL Ee MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. «Oourage and Cowardice” is the basis of a dis- course to young men by Rev. E, ©, Sweetser, in she Bleecker street Universalist churen, this even- me. Rev. Dr. Foss’ congregation (St. Paul's) will be spiritually ministered to this evening by the Right Rev. Bishop Cummins, Rev. Wayland Hoyt will tell young men “How to Meet the Trial of the Future,” this evening, in Steinway Hab. The Thirty-seventh street Methodists will hold #pectal services to-day, at half-past ten A, M, and ‘three and half-past seven P. M., the Haistead Pray- ing Band taking part im the latterservice. Rev. Drs. Tyng and Thompson and others will | speak at the “Union Service’ in Association Hail, et eight o'clock this eventug. There will be preaching by Rev. J. A. Roche this morning in the Seventeenth street Methodist temple, and e “service of song,” under conduct of | Philip Philips, m the evening. Rey. Mr. Cookman, pastor of the Methodist Free | “Yabernacie, preaches at the usual hours to-day. | At the anniversary of the House of Rest for | Consumptives, this evening, in Trinity chapel, Rev. Dr. Nicholson, of Newark, will deliver the sermon. Rev. Dr. Talmage will conduct the usual morning | and evening worship of the Tabernacle congrega- tion in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tne Berean Baptists will be treated to the eus- temary Gospel morning and evening, by their pastor, Rev. Mr. Davies. “social Relations’ and ‘Bachelors’ Follies” will be elaborated upon this evening, in Cooper Insti- tute, by Rev. Heury Morgan. * Youths’ Missionary Association services this | Ryery American citizen feels a just pride in the evening in the Fourteenth street Presbyterian | common sclovls 01 tuis country, of Which Ever tt | has beauthuily said, r common sc:oois are in burch. Addresses by Hon. Henry J. Haven, of | Connecticut, and Rey. Mr. Sioss, j At the services in the Church of the Reforma- tion, morning and evening, Rev, Mr. Tracy will preach, | In the Cent Baptist church, Rev, Mr. Evans. = | Iu the Forsyth street Methodist curch, Rev. Mr. Barnhart. In the Madison avy Mr. Gause, on “Ch Snemies.” In Piymon:h Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Miller. In St. Luke's (Methodist), Kev, Mr. MeCleiland, In Spring street Presbyterian cuurch, Rev. Mr. McCampbell. in the Madison avenue Zion church, Rev. Mr. Galtcher. Tuere will be a public meeting this evening in | aid of church extemsi and the city missions in | the Twenty-seventh street Me urci addressed by General Clinton B, Fisk and F H. Wardell, Rev. Mr. P sary serm Baptist churc evening. Kev. J. M. Pallman’s conwregation (Church of Our | Saviour) will hold their customary morning and evening services in the hall of the Standard Club, The First Baptists will be addressed at usual services by their pastor, Rey. Dr. Anderson, * Eight persons will pe baptized this evening In she Lait street Baptist Mission. ‘The customary service will be held this morning, at eleven v’clock, in the Kussian-Greek chapel, “Providence” and “More Roum” are the special subjects to be treated upon to-day by Rey. Fred, Evang, before the Central “The Character of Christ” will be set forth by Rev. Dr. Ryiance, im St. Mark’s, this evening. Rev. Mr. Hamiiton, of the Scotch Presbyterian church In West Fourteenth street, preaches at the services ut half-past ten A. M. and hall-past three P.M. Mr. J, M. Peebles will relate his experience: tour of the world In connection with Sp.rituausm, at Robinson Hall, moruing and everiing. Those who bave not had the picasure of hearing the Rev. Dr. Brann’s lectare, “Tae Alliance Le ally Dissecred,”’ will be opportunity this evening in Irving Hal. | Rey. L. Anet, a Brussels delegate to the recent session of the great Protestant Council in this city, preaches iu French this morning and evening. In the Church of the Discipics Rev. Mr. Hepworth ‘will address his Mock, at the usual services, upon special subjects of thought. Rey. John L, lding, S. T. L.. ane Reformed chu rch, Rev, stian kaitn Stronger than Its morning in Fifty-third street | Sermon to young people in tue | lectures upon in aid of tue “artand tae Christian Religion,” poor, at St. Ann’s, this evening. key. Dr, John Fo.sal, of Bal M. in the imore, preaches at Forty-third strect half-past seven P, t Methods “Joseph a Ty evening su Bi Dr. Howland’s lu of the Heaveuiy The “i’erils of Protestantism” will be descanted upen this evening by Rey. J. P. Bodfish, of th Paulist Fatuers, in tue Brooklyn Atuenwuia, lu aid | Of St. Juscph’s, Hewiett's sta fon, L. I Rey. Dr. Flagg will couduci tue a } services in the Church of the Resurrection. “The Model Philanthre snd “low to Spend the Winter” are Rev, Mr. Powers’ topics to-day, # the Church of the Messiah, In the Piigrim church the pastor, Keonard, will preach at the usual hours, The customary services will be held in the Canal sbyterian church, Rev. David Mitchell. essity tor Labor a biessing” 18 the very | fruitful basis for a discourse this evening in the Church of the New Jerusaiem, Rev. Mr. Clark, of Ha lem Unity chapel, will tell his people “How To Le Happy” this evening. “The Fire on the Hearth” is Dr. Beliows’ subje for this evening, in All Souls’. Special topics will be elucidated by Rev. Mr. | Demarest to-day in Westwiuster Presvyterian | chorch, Rev. Wililam D. W er preaches morning and evening iu New Calvary chapel. The afternoon service at Anthon Memorial eburch (Kev. air. Newton's) is especially for the young. Mies S. M. Hall will address the Homanitarians at half-past two P. M. The usual tifle dis. course by Stephen Pearl Andrews in the morning. Dr. E. G. Holland will read his new poem, “Har- mony, the Ultimate of Autaonism,” belore the Cosmopolitan Conference, at three P. M. There wiil be a Spirituslist-Liveral Conterence at haif-past two P. M. in Germania Hall, | | | | | Church and State—Lhe Catholics and the School Question. To Tux Eprror or THE HeERALD:— Atthe present time a great amonnt of contro- ‘versy 18 golgy on “on our common schvol system.” Certain Catholic priests, having more zeal than Judgment, have deciared a direct war against these institutions, anu as a natural result they have aronsed the friends of that system to a high pitcn of fervor in deienve of it. The first questions which cour Ww my mind are, Why have they taken tlis stand? Is it with the belief that they are going to | Denent the Church Let us answer the questions. | ‘The clergy by thetr remonstrance will, ere they end this dispute, reduce the whole matter to one fesu Jhurch against State, Country like this uo issue could be more dangerous to the real interests of Catholicity., Inj obarchical Europe we do not wonder at the severe contests | between Church and State, where so much Opposi- dion J# brought sxainst phe Catholic Churn, Eyor | taken, the issue o: Chur | pression | Inay have Iu w free and Hberal | § NEW since the Reformation she hashad an enemy in the | Biate. Vatteil, in his “Laws or Nations,” writing in the spirit of lis ape. says:— * The mspection of the afutre of religion authority over its ministers constitute, ureiore, ove of the most import: nt of the prerogatives of the Prince, since without this power tun rovercign would never be e Ww prevent the disturbance Teikirion might occasion in the sit. Mer to em | ploy that poweriul engine in promoting the wel- Ja-e and saiety of the Society.” | Here we plainiy see the sovereign placing him- | self at the head of the Charch; that st scould resist | such authority itis but natural, Asain he says:— “Who shall dare to dispute ti at an independent Dation has not in this respect, as in aH others, a Tight to proceed according to wwe Ight oi con- science ? And wuen once sire bas Made choice oF a | particular religion and worship may she not con. | fer on her conductor al) the power Sie possesses of regalatin: and dreeting that religion and wor- ship and enforcing their observance -? flere, agai, we see the Charch put The sovereiyn shall make vce Of a particular religion and enorce its observances.’ Tue | Church (Catholtc) was thus put against the stace, and many bitter feelings were enseadered aud Leediess ‘blood was shed in consequence of tuis breach of one 0) the dearest and wost sacied ol ali | rishis of reigious libe: ty, and the rigat fo wor slip God accord ng to the dicrates of conscience. Th State, in England, p aced itseli against the Catholic | Chureh when it deck red “he Archuishop of Ounterbury (Charch of bugtand) ts the first peer in the reaim, and hath precedent nut onty bere all the other clergy, but also (next and immediately tter the royal blood) be ore all the nobiliiy of the reaim, and as he hath the precedeut of all the Nobility, so also of all the great oflcers oF State.” So it Was for conturtes 1n other countries; ti was either an established C urch or the soverel Teserveu the rzhe o: governins the Cauren, In this country there is no establi Courch, | The framers of ‘our constitution determined to avoid all the ard feeling and bloodshed that Europe hat been the theatre ol, well knowing that | Chureh and State never could be one; Mat al out tie Church there is something sacred and awe in- | spiring, and tuat men would look ap with dignity | to the Church so tong as the Chureh preserved its own dignity: but the moment sne descended from ber high pinpacie aud mingled tn jarring dispute of ) State, at that moment she forgot ver true cement abd men would oe brongut to look upon te Choren with less dignity and respect when sue placed her- seli on a footing Wi'h political inst tations), 1 d-clajed in the lirst amendment to tue constitution (ratified 1791, enly one- year alter ktode | Istand had con: ed to adopt the con stitution) — that ngress sual ma r law respecting an establishment of reigion or prohiviting the iree exercise taereo!.”? There, the: can be uo reason why te Church should waze war ayainst the State, The State has always aad rm Spect ior the Church; she has given ali power | it is possible to give. In no no civiized country { bas tue Churcd such liberties as im this, Attaecing | our common seliool syste is trying to usurp the | State’s remaining power. If this dispute ends | where I predict—and trom the tendercy the Ge- | bate is takin, and all debate on this susject was h against State will do uncer. | is} more injury to the Catholic Chureh tm this country | than all the ministers joined together coud do in 100 years—it wijl be thé means of more effectually | uniting the Protestants, for sell-preservation is the | first aw oO; nature, and listory exagsera.ion of the | Inquisition, fired up by pedants, will mane thew and as ¢ Will this 2. attack beneft the Catholic Church ? portant, in the commou sunshine, common rain—iuvar for their commonness, They are th of tia! municipal organi: acteristic teature of our social ky the founram of that wide-spread which, like @ moral lie, per 28 From ‘the humbiest schooi ther teacher who, line Newton, Suali with the stars of Orion's beit, up his cell Witu the beams o1 beiore undiscovered with Frankhn grasp ihe ltent- Here are the words o: an American soke as an American, Who spose te ynmon air te coraer stone h is the char. em; they are inteuizence the country. may go torch a bind his tempes | ith Hersenel haut | wo seLtiments of an American, who kuew the Ameri. [ an character, aud Who knew that we consider our cowmon schools as Lec ssary fo our nanonal ex- | as we do our COUNInOL Paih, OUF COutneD common sunshiie to our piysicat exist- And now jet me teil the Cat iouc ciergy wat | cal cilzens Will pot stand by anu idly see ackS ut our common school sys- | al minded men will oppuse tuez bit- erly, be they Catholics or Protestants, and 1 the opposers ure driven too closely to the walls there Wii be a splitim the Catholic Church of America, } “The Cathol.cs of America are Americans, and they | Wu! stand by this tue most valuable of American organizations.” Wil tuis controversy benefit the Church? The | Protestants look at this attack, coming irom @ sail body 0! the clergy, as @ grand movemen. on | che part Of the Church to sweep fvou existence | ommmmon schoui syst-m, Already they have | ened country, Whose motto has t luion “Liberty co ajl. bat preference to non @ hurd and bitter feeling shou.d spring up Letween | the Catholics and Protestants. Ana vt all bitter | feelings religious hatred 1s the most intense. | Cannot the Catuohe Chureh see the injury she ia | cong hersel’Y Dues not history speak pluinl:? Has | not ireland been an unioriunate victim of deep- { seated religious hatred? Was not that hatred | the means O/ continual bloodshed? Would the | Church Wish to have a lke feeling in tus coun- | try’ This controversy will be means Ol it. It is certain that i! we stir op suc Jeeung in this countiy it1s guing to do little towards the ad vancement o the Catholic Couch, No; if the | Cuurch wisoes to progress she must practise moderation, coupled with charity, and strive to associate = Catuolicity wita someting more synonymous than opposition; she musi not forget that she isin aland where liverty 1s one of the | greatest bessings; she must remember that the | Americans are, as a body, intelectual; that their | public Schools wre not an iustitation of Years’ standing. The poor man’s child de his learning from our pubic man's mins! 3 lor, as inst ing, ti outa parallel, Frou tie Bho 61a joreign country come these glad tidimgs. The | 4 icas read With judignation (v@ they Catho- lic or Prorestant) the falsehoods uttered again<t their schools, and hurl buck the he on the | head o: the’ man that couid dare say “that | present system of puolic scuoois is a curse to the Country and @ floodyate to atheisin abd sensuality, and Of civii, sOual and national | cormption; aud the children turn out to ve jearned horse tev &cholastic counterfeiters, and Well posted in schemes of deviitiy.? The mao that couli utter such anguage Is ike those “who did hear, bat not underst.od, and did see, ont not perceive, because thelr hearts were gro-s und the r ears were dull of hearing, and tucir eyes were closed.” it 18 an imsuit to the dead, itis an tn- suit tothe ‘iving, for some vol our gieatest men drew tiew edacational nourishwent iroia our com- mou sciOols; and, moreover, Bome of the brishest lngute ie Carnolke Cuurch o ail they Know to | able schools; and it (L had got vecn tor this | 8 n they might not be what; are ay. Let us Lurl back foregn tors to @ shore where there is sworn | o, position to the Church on the yart oj the State, eir vitter snvectives at a In America, they cannot do | uny farm, save now and then vo arouse bicter leel- ings againa. themseiv: Let me remove one im- | Which some of you formed—that in pubic chool system the C whole, takes part. 1am a Cathode au American, | and ! condemp this aitack, and 4 am sure tuat uine OUL OF ten Catholics are op osed to th.8 movement on the part of some oi the cergy, A,uin iet me | emphauicaliy reiterate that this actack dovs not | cowe itom the American Ceatueine Caurch, putsrom | a few \ocign memvers of the clergy, USCLRO, ald thea they can fing known enemy ; but her Remarks and Queries. To THE EpiroR OF THE HERALD:— 1 was not a littie startled by tue perusal in your issue of last Sunday of an article headed, “Views of a Catholic Priest on the School Qeestiou,” and signed ‘@ Catholic Priest.” The scuoo: quesiion is jor Catholics in this country ao intricate and ditficult one, whose solution has engigea jor years | past the serious attention of tue clergy, and espe- cially of the bishops, and the one conclusion to which they have come is that the | astors o! sous | should establish in their respective parishes Catho- | lic schools a8 @ necessary means to p.ovide for the | religious instruction Of the children ander their | | charge, and to guard the faith and morals of these young ones against the danger to which are exposed in the public schools. And let it not be said that this evil will be reme- died by the watchiuiness of the parenis and by the imstructions of the priest. kell- gious training 18 bot the work of at bour or wo on Sanday, vor even of a jew hours auong the week, but the work of every day and of every mo ment. The reiigius el tin cui dren wast b developed aloug with the numan elewent, aud | young minds must not learn at scnoo that winch | they Will have to unlearn at home or at church. | Now, tor a simple priest, whatever be iis learning or expertence, to decided 80 pererptorily tat “Cae tholic parents aiso tay, witout any detriment to | their consciences, send their children to these | schouls {1 they take care to have tier religious educat ou otherwise properly provided tor,” is, to Say the least, somewhat presumptuous, As ‘the writer of tue article seems not to doubt ls learn. ing or experience, J ve Ve to BubIIE Lhe follow. ing queries to his consideration:—tist, does not the Syllabus expressiy condemn intideuty in all its shapes and various forms’ Second, are not schools really “inndel and godless irom which religion, both in theory and — practi ig excluded, and becomes a compl blank to both teachers and pupiis/ Third, have not the bishops in this contry, in | Jreland and elsewhere condewned ue untit’ tor | Catholics such sclivola as are entirely nuder the | control of the State, and what does the 5) ilavus say Of Such schools? fourth, bow, in the pubite liools, can secular learning be in parted to Catho- lic children without interiering at times with their rengious convictions, for vo not natural scien | often come imto contact wiih Revelation—for in- | stance, astronomy, geviogy, &c. Filth, 18 not bis. tory, such as taughs in the public sevools, au insult to Catholic iaitn and practice by its jaisehoods, misrepresentayion of faci& wrong views of men | | | northwest proviuce and of their doings? T might multiply the qnertes, bit encugh for the present, ‘The auhor of the ar ticle re erred to, by # Clear and definite auswer, will greatly obtige : - A THOROUGHGOING PAPIST, “Putaure Rewards and Punishments.” To THE Kpirok or THE HERALD:— ‘That retigion has been of vast benefit to man for elevating his faculties, regulating his actous and cementing the ties of soci Iie, ts a truth 80 pal- paole that all will agree to tt, If we consider its compreheasivencss, its absorption and reteation of all the great truths and sublime ideas of mankind irom the earliest ages, we slall not be suc) rised ab the detection of Uie nunerous errors that have entered into and twined themselves, tvy lke, around the great structure that sustains them, | The nature of religion is elastic and adapts itselt to the wants of the times under all circum stances, continually changing, nutil it has become almost concealed by the exuverances tout sur- round it—"A precious jewel deposited in a worth: Jess setting.” The truth of the forexoing remarks aie Well illustrated by tie different denowinations, who are becoming more liveral in their Kheas and conuuct towards each other, manifesting &@ di»post- tion to believe tiat there are houest und con+ scientious men outside the pale oi their respective churches, There ts also an inclinat.on t) unite on the wrevt truths common to them all and to 1nore those doce: ines that act like & bone o: conteation between then, ly vas.ors at the present day generally abstain from jicturing the horrors o hell, tie Worments of the dammed ald the Consequences of God's ever- lusting wrath; bar rather endeavor to comort the heats of their hearers with glowing and iearticlt accounts oO; His uabounded love and infin.te mercy, Mankiud are no longer oppressed witu the pitiless | doctrine of Calvin, Who taught that the great bulk ol vumanity Were’ predestined to eternal misery, and tiat God Willed, foresaw ani provided jor ter rum. Indeed, we so seidow hear of predestination, heil and the power ot the devil that one would think that our \) uni vachers bad te ave. No dozma has excited move thougit end discussion, and becn s0 generasy condcumed vy liberal iuiads, a8 that o: eternal dumnation—a | doctrine tual would war the comiort of its most vevoted believers and inake ha; piness impossible eu in the eons Of bliss, Who could be coment with even a the tacilities oF enjoyment’ while knowing thae those Whom we loved on earth are endurng tie (orments of everlasting Mise without even the sojace of one say releved and sorgiven? Is it possibie tual @ wother could be happy in tie kuowledge of her children’s sufflermgs, or that a lather and husband could console himself with ¢ fecuon Uhat his wife and children were undeserving ob the buss that ae Wis eb oying? Could any loving and tender jieart ex) erence unalloyed pleasure while coutemnpiating the unguish and woe endured by Lis seuow wortais In their apode oi regrets and lamentations’ No; the hearts of all wiio deserve Neaven Would be weighed down with sympashy tor | tier sulferiugs, and make tiem desire utter anul- hiat.on rather than eadure the spectacie of such uputterable wretchedness. It is evident sa the very nature of thing: possible, CO insure Which the nature oi mank nd wWou.d have to undergo an entire change, ieaving him without tose noble qualiues that disinzuish Nhu trem tie lowest classes o1 the brute creation. How iuuch more consistent with reason wud the actribuied qualibes of tue Deity it ts to Leleve in the vitimate redemption aud universal sdvation of ali humanity, aud that i there is a place oi sui- jerng aller tus lie We may hope to be reunited 1n | heaven ater “ihe oul crimes done in tier day | Ol bature are burned aud purged away.’ LIPSHER. Charch Missions for the Poor, To THe Epirok or rae HERALD:— ‘to-day we will hear many oi our ministers pray and Jameut over the mulutudes who do not attend any place of worship, while the doors of the same churches are effectually ciosed ¢gainst this class ot persons. with the sole occupant sitting at the entrance asa sentinei, aimost forvidding entrance to the shab- bily dressed stranger. Some oi our churches ease their con-cience by providing @ small, poorly fur- nished room, with everytuing about it uoimviting, With Ome brokea-down lor notaing else bu: raising enough money by sub- scription to Keep irom starving, We then bear them wonder Wiy so can be broagit within the sound OL the Gospei: whereas if they would open their churches, i but once on the Sabbatn, jor the “rich and poor to meet together,” every | seat would be occupied and thousands of precious | sousredeemed, How is it that peopie will pass a dozen churches in their waik to brother ‘Taimage’s chureh without asking admssion? It 1s because he invites the pecple to the * out money and without price, aud yet tue chuich does not suifer in the least, but is growing more popuiar every day, N UBSEK Vint. Brooklyn Newsboys and St. Vincents Heme ip Poplar Street. St. Vincent's Home for Boys, No, 10 Vine street, has jor years past done a great deal to save the hegiected youth of Brooklya. The limited means of tue trustees have circumscribed the useluliess oj the institution, although over $10,000 has been iniousiy ignored those doc'rives that have been | ) rejectcd by the leading minds of | Churet minister, Who Gnas time | spel least,” with- | YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1873—QU | larely dec In many of our churches there are | °#'s@ don’t want to loge hin. | Scores olempty seats, and not a lew large pews collected and paid out for the property, improve- | ments and support. The trustees, depending ona on the property No. 7 Poplar street, | generous puviic, have titted up the large building | and will be > | ready to oven in a lew days a “Home” ior 160 boys. | There are wore than f rly boys at present in the Vive street house, and it is only mtended to ac- | cominouate hit Yo assist im defrayimg the ex- pense of tue ovement and inrnish the Lew “tome,” will be desive on Tiursday eveuing next by alr. Joun P, O'Netl, @x-District Attorney 0) Puiiadelphi., at tue Lrookiyn Acageny Oi Dlusic, The subject of tue lecture wil) ve “Lie and fimes of the Great irish Tribune, Damel U’Connell. ed American Clergymem in Japan and China, (from the Foochow Herald, Sept, 22.) Some distinguished clergymen irom the Unitea States of America are now visiting Japan and China, The Kev. WW. L, Harris, D, D., LL. D., one of the bishops of tie Metiodist kpiscopal Chareh, is on ab episcopal tour round the world, He has 1 the missions of his Church in Japan and Peking, Qud aiter visiting those in Kiuklang and Foochow, he .# to proceed to indta, where he will Inspect the mesetwns iD ta, Lombay and tie ‘Thence ne goes to Comstan- tinople aud Buigaria. After visiting Germany and France he wil vepresent hid uenorination at the british and Irish W Conicrence. He is } acc mpanied by three nisters—the Kev, J. W. Waugh, D. D., for 4 @ missionary in india; tue Rev. hi. 0. of Central New York, and the Kev, W, neer, of ilinois, iu probably avont the tat of October, und spend that monti in These yentiemen will Visiting tie maissiom Of theic Churcu tuere and its out-stations, the Kev. J. P. Newman, D. D., Chaplain of the United =tates Senate, is nuw in Japan. He is act. ing wader au appointment from President Graut to Visit ahd ipepect th nerican consulates in all the Oriental couarr understand he is ex- pected in Fuocuow in November, He i accompa- ag by his wife and Miss aiusell, of Washington, D. O. Death of an Albany Priest. One of the morning papers of Albany announces the murainl jact that, on Friday evening, the 7th inst, the Rev. Father McGinn, pastor of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic church of that city, died quite suddeny, He had been in faihog health for sums time; bat few of his iriends expected that he woud #0 soon depart from this l@. On last Sunday he was abie to oMiciate ag nsual at the celebration of mas® He was greatly beloved and respe: and nis 1088 will be deeply jeit and lamented by the people of his parish and by his brother clergymen, 1 Movements and Chang) ROMAN CATHOLIC, The Catholic Review expresses @ faint hope that Since Déllinger bas reiused to participate in the Keinkins hierarchy te may vee the error ot his ways and return to the true fold, Since the yellow Jever appeared at Sureveport, La., seven pricats have succumbed, victims of their devoteduess to the unfortunates attacked by the dreadful epl- demic, Bishop G feared was dangerously ill, has alinost whoily re- covered, Bishop Quinian, of Nobile, while visiting in Albany, met with an accident and broke a limb, Bishop hers, of Vanconver’s Island, has just returned (rom @ trip of 4,500 miles to Alaska and the Aleutian Isiands, He trav mostly on foot, and visited every Catholic whose resi- dence could be found, and administered the sacraments wherever he could do #0, A misionary pricat is to be stationed in Sitka as @ consequence of this tour. The Catholics of Shrewsbury, Mass, are just completing a new church, Which they hope to dedicate before Christ- mas, The Archvisiop of Westminster bas sanc tioned and given lis approbation to @ pilgrimage to the Holy Land, which will take place in the Lent of 1874 It 18 under the direction of Mousiguor Capel anda commits Om posed of the Marquis of Bate and other gentic The collections for the orphans of the Cathedral and st, Mary’s Roman Catholic church, St, Paw, Many,, it ig expgored, Wil » ater 'os4, Of Savannah, who it was | | sum ap nearly $3,500, The corner stone of the Church of the Sacred Heart, at South Natick, iuss., Rey. F. Walsh, pastor, was laid on Sunday last, The Catholics have commenced services in the basement of their pew church, Newtonville, Mass. The municipality of \aples has Issued a decree pre- Nibiting ail Catholic processions to the streets of that city, as well as throughout all the ex-Kingdom of Naples, An Eptseopalchureh at Stillwater, N, Y., bas been purchaseu for Ca'nolic use by Rev, Philip Izzo, 0. 8 A,, pastor of St. Mary’s church, Mechan- icaville, 8. Y. It wii snortly be dedicated, A new | Catuolic chureb is to be pullt in Gardner, Mass., to cost $20,000, Ir is Co be of wood, and in readiness for use next June, and to seat 55. Lust Sunday, at St. John’s Cathedral, Bishop Ryan, of St, Louis, ordained two Francise: with priesthood, The annual collection for the diocesai— sein- inary of st, Pant, Minn. amounted to $3,114 08, ‘The Jesuits were to have quit their establishments in Rome November 2 Nearly ail go to privace houses, ‘Yhe Genera; of the society will procced to Belgium, her Frederick Alberto tias been created Bishop of rine rolo in place of Monsignor Lorenzo Ripaldi, ceased. The municipality of Florence has offered Father Secchi the position of chief as- tronomer im that city, in the piace of the late ja- mented Donati. ‘The Abbé Bayle, Vicar General of Paris, who sudered 80 cruelly during the Com- mune is now ulrerly prosirated in beaith, and bis ADRUPLE SHEET. soon, in accordance with the policy of Mr. ron a native oistop will be appointed to tie Church of South india; bishop Hoiden (Episco- Jian), of Moonsouce, Liudsou Bay Territory, suys Ris ‘diocese 18 tiicen times the size of Engiand, aud in the whoie of it there ore only tree missionaries, "The Bishop ig 1,000 wiles away from any ralroad, and can pear om btnyland only three times a ear, Rey, Dr. Osgood, of this city, bas fnisied i six mouths’ term of service in Trinity euurch, New Haven, and returns to this Eh tor tue season, witch le intends to puss as usual bere in profes- sional and literary works. ‘dhe coutributions re- ceived by the Protestant Episcopal Mission Board during the yeur ust closed jor the Indian work ainounted to $67, 77, one-tuird being devoted to’ special objects, {t is ulso stated “that te Indians of the Western Teriitories have male appiteation for a teacher of tue Episcopal Uhurcb.”” PRESBYIERIAN, The Rev. Mr. Knigi Who uus been so harassed by the Dunuee (scotiand) Presbytery because he eXchanged with & Unive: salist minister, has just resized his connection with the Free Caureh of Scotland, The Presbytery wave reiused to Accept his resignation, The members don’t like to ve cheated in that way of the pleasure of expelling huu jor heteroduxy. His cliurch, however, stand | by him, abd have unaniimeusiy resolved also to separaie Ivom the Free Church. Key, Mr, burr, of Freeport, L. L, has accepted the position of Piinci- al of the Kockville Centre Institute, Rey, Lt. W, todd, ol Lake City, Miun., las gone to ironton, Mo, ev. 8. &. Farmer, oJ Success, |. 1, hus gone to Hiawatha, N.Y, Rey. J. L. Howell, of Car been contined in an asylum for the iusine, On gid, ti ra! rn City, . Rev. John Cetober 21 the Archbishop. Ledochowsky tad to | Peds has ‘Or Phews, Ne ° tna’ gone to Syracuse, appear before the tibuna! of Posen to answer for | poy. iB, Parsous,. has accepted the cali of the crime of having officially excommunicated the old Cathoke priest, Schroeter, A mission 18 to be opened at tie Chareh of tue Lmimaculate Conception in ths city, next eed toebe conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers, The mission given at St, Aloysius’ eburch, Washington, D. C., by. Rey. Fa- thers Garesche, Van Goch and Marscllis, of the So- clety 01 Jesus, has thus far been a yrand success, It commenced last Sunday morning end will close to-day. During the week the evening exercises: were largely attended, Five converts were bap tised. Av jasion will be given in St. Patrick's chureh, Washington, D, ©., by the Lazarist Fatn- ers, irom Germantown, [a., commencing next Sunday. The bauner jor the Society o. the Sacred ‘Thirst (this city), Father Voiz, i resident, has just been fiuisned, and will be blessed at eight o'clock to-day at the Catiedral, The banuer represents the sacred thirst on the cross, witu tue dures of the blessed Virgin, Mary Magdalen and otuers forming the suri ouading group. BAPTIST. of Baptist communicants on the Continent oi rope ww 40,800, ‘Tneir nussions be- gan in ist4. The waptist church at Laiayette. N. J., has begun to baud a heuse of worship, Kev, C. J. Shrimpton, of ithaca, N, Y., nas accepted a call to Fayetteville, N.Y. Revs L. Cutauert has re- Signed Mts pastorate at Aiken, 5. C., on account of iJ health, A revival isn propress in the pixteenth ba tst chu.ch ol this city, Kev, D. B. Juthen, pas- tor. The Long Island baptist Association has pouted Thursday, November 20, @ day of special preyet throughout its bounds, Rev. E. S. vavis has resigned his charge act Canastota, N, Y., and gone to Uneida, N.Y. ‘The litte cuurca was re- cently burned out, but they are butiding another, Rey, J. W. Horton, of Frauklip, Mass., has gone to Providence, R. i. Key. W. N. Wilbur has resigned bis charge at “axton’s River, Vt, to accept a finan- cial agency lor the Vermont Acaden. tev. RK. B, The numbe | Moody, of Plymouth, Mass., bus removed to Miliord, | Conn., and Key, ©. N, Nichois from Kaitic to Lyme, es that | {| under such circumstances happiness woutd be im- Conn, Key. R, Duntap, of Dennison, lowa, has gone to Hollidaysouig, ia, Rev. L. W. Olney bus resigned at Alusterdam, N, Y., and gone to Groton. Rey. GD, Hunt, of Alieghany City, Pa., has gone to New Wateriord, Ohio, and the ev. Sieginied jrom Milliown, Pa, to rredericktown, Ghio. Kev, B. M. Huckleberry has removed irom Adams to Greensborough, fid., ard Rey, H. Mc- Caip trom the iatter place to Frauklin, Rev. H. Daniels, of Kansas City, Mo, has iesigued his pas torate ty acceptan agency jor the N. W. Laucation society at Chicago, Rey, N. L. Kaghy ex- changes Chetopa for Winfried, Kansas, and Rey. W. S. Webb gives up Fontana, Kansas, for La Monte, Mo, ‘The resignations of Revs. J. G. Post man at Benton Uurvor, ‘theodore Nelson at Fast daginaw, D, N. bancroft at Wateriord and Join Matnher at Kirst church, Detroit, Mich., are au- nounced, ‘The Sout Bapust church of this city 18 urgently calling Kev. S, J. Knapp, of Paterson, N, J., tosueceed Dr. Dowling as ity pastor, Mr. Knapp was jormeriy @ pastor heve, so that he 1s not astianger to New York Baptists, tis Patersou The Colorado Bap- tists provose to have a “Rocky Mouutain Umiver- sity” at Deaver as their centennial ofering to the calise ol education. METHODIST, ‘the revival work contiuues to spread through- out the country, aud Interesting reports aud sta- Ustics come LO US iM OUF religious EXchanges from various quarters. In De Kalb avenue church, Lrookiyn, wituout extra eflorts save @ prayer meeung after the Sabbath evening sermon, 39 fouis have been converted during the past jour weeks. in Richmond, Me,, 64 converts are re+ p ried; in Grace church, Washington, 3+, 285 1D wickinson Semimary, Waihiamsport, Pa., $0; in St. Peter’s Methodist ispiscopal churcl, Keading, Pa., 11s, ang many more in the cuurcies in that place; etscranton, Pa, 60 have joined the cuuren re- cently, as the partial resuit of a revivat still in erourne charg*, Kentucay Confer- on Anderson ciaige, ATRALSas Conier- ence, 36; at Uroana, Mo., 35; wt Freedom, Pa., Revival meetings, without statistics given, are r ported in Feet street church, Brovklyn; in St. soum’s churcu, Brooklyn, E, D.; in Nazareth chureh, Philade!phia, where Dr. hosser, the great Virginia revivalist, is laboring; in White’s chapel, Wiiwington Conlereace, in Twenuticth street, Pnil- adely in Summerfield churcn, Bridgeport, Cone. Elgnteenth street church, Spring Garden street, St. George’s, Suumertieid, Salem, Tabernacle, recond street) aud Kensington churehes, Philadelphia; i Media, Lima, Howel- ville, N. ¥.; in Duke street and St. Paul's, Lancas- ter, Pa., and in Avondale and Salem churcoes, Chester county, Pennsyivania; in the Methodist Pro‘estant and Dumbarton Methodist © > mouth, RG has Ja ely closed ner labors. Miss carah Smiley will commence a series of tnectings tn the kirst Methodist Episcopal cuurch, Lonkers, to-day. lev. Dr. Payne, pastor of Spring Garden Methodist | BHpiscopal church, Philadeipiia, iast Sunday re- ceived ( Weuty-seven persons into the churel, nine of Wiom he baptized with water brouzit by himself irom the river Jordan, It was prooably no better than the water of tue Scbuyisill, tiough hoder memories and assoctations surround it, Last Mon- day there Was @ grand opening o1 tue enlarged Sunday schoo! denartment oi the Metiodist Kpis- copal Book Concern, wuen the eflic.ent superin- teudent, Mr. Jolin C, Middieton, did the honors from early morn to dewy eve. ‘The Methouist preachers gathered there in torce, and a large number of jadies also visited this tustitution, the only one of iis kind in the United States, A Sun- day Schoo! lustiture will be held at Laurel, Del, by Dr. Vincent, oa the loth and lith iust, Phe six. teenth session of tue New Jersey slate Sunday Se) col Assuciation will be held Noveinber 1i to i, Rev, M. &. Harris and wile expect to sali trom San Francisco a3 missonaries to Hakoddia Sevember 16. Five churches are being vault in the South Pailadeiphia «istrict, Rev. s. W. Tomas, Prot. estant Byiscopal, Last sunday the new Meth- aic was devlcated, trom debt. Rev, Lexington avenue Methodist Lpiscopal church, tis city, sailed on Saturday for Jerusalem, whither he has been ap- pointed United states Cousul, and as a inember of the Walestine Exploring kxpesition, Ihe church gave him a@ parting reception tne evening before. | A hew Methodist Episcopal ciurca, at Bellport, » Was dedicated last Sabvath, ‘ile lecture room of the new Methodist Bpiscopal church at Middletown, Onto, was dedicaied on Sunday last. Tie Joun Wesley’ (colsred) Methoast bpisco: church, near wes, De, Was dediated November 2, A Bew church ts to be built in Sixty- first street, betweeu Second and Third avenues, New York city, witi lecture roum and parsonage. ‘oe new Hamline Methodist Lpiscopa: church, | Washington, D, C., will be dedicated on the 20d of Y The new Methodist bpiscopai cnurch iorado, Kansas, is to be cedicated November 2. ‘The new and beautliul church in Carthage, N. Y., Rey. FP, H. Beck, pastor, will be dedicated No- vember 11. The Wisconsin Conference at its late session appointed a committee to provide @ suita- bie resideuce in their midst for Bisuop Merrill. Rey, Drs. Curr dict, Bishop Janes aud other rominent Methodists of tis city gave Kev. ,vr, Rigg, ab eminent Wesieyan preacher, autuor and educator, a reception last weck previous to iis departure for Lnyiand, Dr “iva was a delegate to the Evangelical Alliance, Bishop Miles, of the Colored Metiodist Episcopal church, ap ior $60,000 to jound an institution o1 learmsag for his peopie to the city of Louisville, woere he has pur- chased property, The Methodist bishops held tueir annual meeting In Newark, N. d., yesterday. Rey, W. V. Kelly, A. M., of Camden, has been transferred to Buffalo to take charge o! one of the Metoodist Episeopal churches of that city, A number of fawilies intend spending the winter at vcean Grove, Buiiding operations are quite brisk, EVISCOPALIAN, Rev, William fH, Lewis, D.D., has resigned the rectorship of Christ church, Watertown, Conn, Kev, James A, Mitchell, of White Marsh parish, Taibot county, Md., Las been invited to take charge of St. Stephen’s parish, Cecil county, fie Nas also received @ cail to St, Paul's parisn, Centre. | ville. Key. #. T, Brown has been appointed agent of the Domestic Missionary Committee, to visit the Southern dioceses during the winter, jor th pose of presenting the cause of domestic m to tie Churches in those dicceses, Key, Ja Hammond tas goed mis charge in Mane! Va, with the intention of removing Oregon, ‘The Protestant Episcopal of New York reports a registered membership of over 300. Of these to diocese clerical there are 260 pricsts, 20 full deacons and 8 restricted dea cous. Im petitioning for seven new missionary bishops for the Western Territories tie Episcopal Board Of Missions shows the sane earnest, agares- give spirit which has characterized ita home work of late years, On proposing this step Bishop Ularkson said in the board's Convention, just heid in this city, that the Territories ranged in popula tion from 12,000 to 100,000, Bach of the Territories ‘was twice the size of New York. While Henry Venn waa Secretary of tue Chureh Missionary Society the numver Of its Kuropean missionaries nearly doubled, increasing irom 107 to 24, while that of tne native clergy employed by the society in- creased trom 4 to 190, and of communicants trom 6,060 to more than 2,000, One Native bishop waa sean Bishop Crowther, at Sierra Leone; at is provable nova Wop Friend a7 india, thas | house o1 worship. | with the ‘Irinity Presbyterian churea in one of the nortiern districts O: Puuadelphia, late the charge ot tev, R. A. Brown. ihe P-esbyterian peo- pie of Casevilie, Mich., mamly Sceoicimen, organized @ new church om the loth ult, J Wwenty-three names were given in jor mem- bership, and an addition of at least nali that pum ber is expected in a jew weeks, Kev. L. Kelsey, late of Columbus, has accepied his Gail to the Presbyterian churcit at Souch Charleston, Ohto, where the system of weekly offerings 18 practised and the minister's salary 18 paid every Monday mnorming, ‘The ev. J. Addisoa Meury und ‘aimily reached their home in West Phiadeipuia safely last week, ajter an avsence of six mouths ta hue Tope, and were warmly Weicomea by the Prince- ton Presbyterian ch oreh, of which Mr. Heury is pastor, The pastoral relition beoween the Ley. samuel Miller, UV. D., and the Fresoytermn church at Mount Holly, N. J., has been dis- solved by the Presbytery of | Monmouti. Rev. J. A. Davis hus resigned his charve at Fors Lee, and gone to Pottersyilie, J. Rey. Alvin Cooper sas gone from Newark nius, N.Y. Rev, H. J, Owen's church, ih the wond quarter of Philudeipia, bas grow Much that it has begun the erectiou or a he larger edifice, The Cauberland —Presbyteran churen is extending [8 uussiouary Work to Vene- zuela, and bag recently secured a grant of 300 square miles of land jor cducational and mission purposes, Lhey have already sent missiouares |o | the Island of Trivadad, uear by, and will soon | occupy this new fleid, dhe Presbyt Janeiro Makes an earnest appeai ior help. new churches have been organized since two churches are witivut pastors. Mission- aries and means for erecunz chapeis and scucols are solicited, Toe synod o! Baitimore, which in- cludes the Presbyterics o: Laltumure, Neweastie and Washington City, reports an agyregate membership of 105 churches, 118 ministers and licenciates and 12,901 conununicants, To-day 1s rec- oulmeuded by the Presbyterian General Assembiy a8 a “Cay Of special ;ra-er tor young men, their deliverance jrom temptation and their conversion to Christ.” The Presbyterian Church at Matawan, N. J., are mourning ile sudden deathof their pastor, Rev. J, AH. Kaufwan, of apopiexy. While and died a day or two after. The Rey. Mr. Shafer, who Was pastor of tae same church thirty years ago, dicdin his pulpit froia the same cause aud Wi.le reading the sawe mu ihat Mr. Kaufman Was reading— Soon the delizhtiw! day will come, Wuen ny dear Lord wil call me home, And I shail sev His ice, A Presbyterian chureh, jorwed in Dallas, Texas, tWo invotus ago, Witu Rineteen members, has LOW forty-six and a thriving Sunday scho vurdina- tions and installations liave lately taken place of Mr. Johu E, Alderson at Boulder, Col.; of Mr. Edgar A, Hamilion at Deckertown, N. J., aud of Xr. L. T, Shuler at the Ciove Presbyterian church, MISCELLANEOUS. A Sabbath Observauce voumittee has been or- ganized in St. L Rey. Herrick Joinsoa has accepted the professorship oi “sacred Rhetoric and Pasturai ‘heviogy” in Aubufp ‘hieological Semi- ary, at a Salary of $3,000 per annum. The anni- versary Of the \oung Men’s Christian Association ot Jersey City will be held this evening. The Basle Missionary Society aasin India, China and Airica 98 maie ald 59 feruale European lavorers, 95 native catechists and evangelists, 101 Christian teachers and helpers, and 3,715 communicants, At koime Protestantism sow numbers more than torty chapels ur places of worsuip, Open every Sunday and several ties a week, A Scvipture Readers’ Association has just been formed ior reading the Bible irom house to house, The Kev. George L. Smith has terisinated his ‘abursin Souch Carver, Mass., and accepted an invitation to supply the pulpit of the First Universaiist cuurch in Plymouth, Rey. J. M. H. Smitiy, ate o: Last Jairey, N. H., 8 now laboring in Glen Easton, W. Va. tle las been vblived to remove there jor the benefit of his wiie’s health, The Rev. J. A. Gardner, for- merly of Orient, L. 1, has become pastor of the First Congregational church of Fairbauit, Minn., where his Post Uttice matter should be di- rected. Brighter days seem 10 be dawning on the old North Dutch church, [t has been in the mar- ket ior years without a taker. It las stooda di- Japidated ruin, its steeple consnmed by fire, and the entrances Clogged up with apple stands, pea- nut venders and small traders geveraily, The renovation of St, Paul’s seems to have stirred the itis to be put into I The risst Congregational church ot West Springfield have voted to invite Rev. kd- ward N, Pomeroy, of Bergen, N, Y., vo settie over thein in the ministry. Key. 5. Fielder Palmer was Tecently installed as pastor of the Congregatioual church of Stauley, N, The Congregationalisis Of Middletown, Mass., recently dedicated a $50,000 r Kevivals are in progress at Brooks aud Kegur Mils, Mune, and at Hartiord, Conn. In the jatter piace meetings ure held nightly in the Town Hall, aud there are believed to be a large Lumber of conversions, LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE, a The Value of Religious Edacation— Organization of a Young People's Association—Sermon by the Rev. Drs Huebsch, A.week or two ago Dr. Huebsch organized a young people's association among his congregation and instituted weekly iectures for their mental im- provement, Atthe iirst meeiing twenty persons were present, but at thelr noxtimceting, lest Thars- day, Seventy-five were out, and the promise is that the lectures will be weil attended dnring tne wine ter season, The themes are selected trom the biblical history of Israel, elucidaied and explaimea facts and = inewdeuts irom = modern Mistory and experience, and presented py the Doctor in a pieasant and interest ng conversazione style, These lectures and the organ- ization for whose benciit they are delivered are designed to supply a link which shall bind together the religious sciovls and the congregation. The diMcuity that is found vo exist in Protestant churches exists also in Jewish congregations— hanely, the wandering away of the young peuple from fifteea to twenty to tnore juviting fields or ereever pastures, And methods have been sougut und are being tried to retain them in ther own societies. Not the icast important is that which has been adopted by Dr, Hueusch, which combines Freligious iusiructioa with sucial intercourse and | aed It is designed to collect aad establish a jbrary and reading rovim ior the young also in feted with these weekly gatheriugs and lec VALUE OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, The Hoctor’s theme yesterday was tue value of this kind of religious’ culture, and hits text was Numbers iv,, 2, 3, by which Moses was commanded to take the sui Of the sons of Kohath, from among the sons of Levi, irom tiirty years old unto filty years old, that they might have charge oi the service of the sanctuary and of tae Taberna: ‘The Doctor explained that originally the Church was in the household and the iather or head of the fainiiy was the pricst of the Church, At @ later period in Jewish history the entire Jewish people were chosen to be a kingdom: of priests and a holy peop unto the Lord, But alter the ldolatry of the gold calf At Sinai, @ tribe oi priests were chosen wo were to serve before God trom thirty to tity years of age, and were also to ch the people. In an- other place they were ciiosen to this Work at the age of ‘twenty-five years, and tne auerence between these periods were the years of preparation, when the mind and character were vo be developed and fixed, Bub the original duties ol the father and of the children were none the less positive because & new class of teachers had been selected, And Samuel's example was not an exception to the rule of the children of Levites mMilistering to the Lordin youth, And the time Nas come again, the Doctor said, When We must bring Ourselves to this point, for the young are breaking away from a@uthovity every day, and the duty devolves upon the parents to bring up their chudren for God, There is no menuon in the Scriptures of schools jor the young, save as such schools existed in the household, and the Divine law supports parents in their authority over their children, So that when parents complained of unruly sons the penalty was death by stoning, But LOVE JS THE RULING POWKR ip the home and that 18 Why parents never give up hope ior their prodigal chiidren, Strangers may give them np because they see nO good tn them, Not so, however, with the parents, in whose hearta burns fond affection for their Offspring. And so long as there is iove there is hope. tience it ts said “Honor thy father and thy mother”—not love them jor that is presumed, Strangers can’t always see What 14 good Iu the soung as paepia seo it, And hence tue law above quoted Was @ dead letter Qpon the statute books vecause coins ar ol that sort wero hever made to the judges. ue Scriptures teaca that these laws aad Miniscering Lo them on Sabsatn he was strickea | rales shonld be based on love, and wed parents teach ther children should com jrom loving hearts, aud then it will be sure to reach the hearts of the young, Men may think that. we have so far Advanced now that we may commit the education 01 our chiidreu to paid teachers, But this is & mistake, for as soon as the obild can speak it is the duty Oo: the parents to make the Con« feasion and repeat the Cree!, and to read or hear the law. Many think they # done enough when they have speut money on vehak of their ehudret to teach them that which 18 .ood, But that 18 no! enough. Parents must have their eye ou the edu« cation of ther chudren, Oue word trom the father's mouth wil have more etlect than thous sunds from strangers, The Doctor then gave » sketch oi the OLD DIVISIONS OF HUMAN ‘LIFE into three parts of twenty years each, for preparay tion, growth and perfection and decay, and thet divisions aiso ,of chiltueod und youth inte three parts for their education, beginning: at the age of five years and reacn~ ing to twenty years, and showed how the religiou: in-truction that the soung receive up to the perio: of the.r contirmation, xbout titeen years of age, is lost or Jorgotten during tae next titeen years— just at the time woen they most need it. It ia to help them to retain and imp ove the knowledge thus acquired that the association then maugu- rated was organized, The Docror thanked the: trustees Of the cougr ation lor tueir Valuable ase» sistance to him in this wo THE RUSS0-REEK CAURCH. Important preparations are going forward im this piace for a “new departure” in a short timed The reader who has assisted Father Bjerring since’ the chapel was opened is to return to Russia in few days, and a new reader has arrived, who wil! perform his part of the Sabbath services in Gers! man and English, so that tie Russian tongue wil be discarded altogether, aud by and by only Eng- lish will be used, Two iemale voices have als been recently added to ta: choir, and Fathe’ Bierring hopes alter a w ile to be able to get a sure plced choir of boys also, tt is expec ed that th building of a new church will be commenced earl, in the spring, The miter has beeo lately dis. cussed by the governing Synod of St, Petersburg, and the new assistunt brings a favorable impre: sion of the speedy accomyl siiuent of the pew en. terprise, Meanie tie htte chapel in Secon avenue, near Fiftieth street, 18 crowded ever Savbath, and the need of a church building be-' comes every Week a greater necessity, THE MYSTERIOUS IWEED PAPER, Did the Caner ae Tweed Accusel Judge Davis of Untairness or Private} or Political Feeting Against thei Bosst—The Relationship of A. D. Barber and His Honore—Judge Fu! lerton and Wiliard Bartiett Declar the “Mysterious Paper’ Yo Be a Mere Legal Protest. There is considerable excitement in this city? owing to the prevatence of a number of rumors, which have been industriously circulated durin, the past few days, to the effect that the pape) which was handed to Judge Davis on the first day of the Tweed trial conrad some mysterio statements reflecting Upon the learned gentlemang who presides in tne Court of Oyer aud Terminers The “mysterious paper” lias been discussed by ther quidnuncs until it has assumed awiul proportions and every one is anxious to know what it con= tains, ATIERALD reporter called in the Court of Oyert and Terminer and made an effort to soive ther mystery which has placed the counsel for the! de.ence in rather a serious position, At the adjournment of the Court, and just as Judgal Daiy had sterniy warned the three jurors who had been obtained of the sacredness of their{ duties, ex-Judge Fullerton was brieily interviewed a8 to tee contents of the paper. REPORTER—I tuke the hiverty of asking you t inform me, Judge, of the uature of the contents of) the paper witich Was handed to Judge Davis by) one of the counsei tor Mr. ‘Tweed on Wednesdayt morning ¥ JUDGE FULLERTON—I cannot give you that infor- mation, sir, it is in the province of His Honor; phe Davis to read tue paper, as he will, Do, doubt, before the close of the trial; but for me ti do so would be acontempto. the Court. It wast entirely @ legal document or protest signed by all the counsel for Mr. Tweed, inciuding Mr. Burrill,, Mr. bartiett and mysell. ReErorTER—I do not wish to involve you in anyy trouble, Judge; but wil you answer me if thero was any statement made in the paper to the effect that Mr. A. D. Barber had calied upon suche Davis in behalf of Mr. Tweed and had asked His. Honor to treat the accused with leniency, or no! to show any bias in toe trial, and that Jude Dav! had reiused to entertain his proposition and ha declared that “the conviction of Tweed was a political | necessity, and that he must be con-' victed ¥ JUDGE FULLERTON—There is no truth whatever in the statement, sir, It 1s a mere legal document or protest. KuPORTER—Do the contents of the paper tn any way reflect upon the judicial character or personal integrity of Judge Davis t Judge FULLERTON (emphatically)—Not in any sense, sir; there is no truth in the rumor ap@ there is no such statement in the paper. The reporter then stepped over to Willard Bartlett, Sr., another of the counsel for Tweed, and asked the same questions and was answered in a like manner, the sume questions being pro»: pounded and the same answers given, Mr. artlett Stated that there was no charge of the: kind mentioned in the paper against Judge Davis,, and that he regretted the hot temper of the Sei who displayed some heat when te referred him? to the impeachment oi Judge Cvase, He would; like to give the contents 0 the paper for publica- tion, but he did not dare todo it, as tt would bo contrary to rule and would subject counsel to @ charge of contempt of Court, Mr. Bartlett's son, also io assoctate in the de- fence, declined to give the contents of the paper to the press, bat admitted that the report that it re- flected upon the cbaracter of Judge Davis was totally faise. and thus @ number of malicious and an-. founded rumors have been disposed of, eet upon the personal integrity o1 one of our highest, judges. All tiree of the counsel for Mr. Tweed declined to converse upon the reiationship of Mr. A. D. barber to iis Honor Judge Davis, THE HERRICK DRIVERY CASE. These reports and rumors have assumed consid- erable importance irom the iact that a similar case arose in tue triato! Alderman Anson Herrick in the Court of Oyer and Ternuuer in Octover, 1555, before Judge Jumes J. Roosevelt. Mr. Herrick was charged with taking a bribe of $100 in nis official capacity of Alderman to iu. ther the opening and grading of some uptown sirect, James f. brady deiended Herrick aud ovjected to having Judge Roosevelt trying the cause, as he had been sub-, ponaed in the case personally, aud was said to have, uttered some opinious upon the guilt or innocence: ol the accused, The Judge, however, resused tor listen to Mr. Brady, and tiied the cause in spite of, all thatcould be done. Tue jury disagreed, eight to four, and Judge Roosevelt is said to have appealed, to the Almighty that he would try the case Impar+ tally and wituout fear or iavor. THE MISSING OITY OF RICHMOND, Some littie anxiety was feit In the city yester- day In consequence of the absence of a cable) despatch announcing the arrival of the City o! Richmond, which left this port yesterday fort~ night. The agent of the Inman Company here, Mr, J. G, Dale, bas ttle anxiety and feels con- fident that she is not lost, but has sustained some, accident to her machinery and ts now going home: under sail, This is evidently believed by the In~ man people, who put xreat confidence in Captain Brooks, who is the commander of the vessel, and isan old and experienced officer, The oe or Richmond is the wewest ship of jine, and is the companion boat to the City of Chester. The following 18 @ list of the, hames of her cabin assengers:—Arthur Hyde, ! fi Mrs. Moore and family, Wiliam Bowen and Lord, T, H. Parker, Mary Rice, Thomas Bel Misses Mary and Belle Moore, wife, T. K. Thomas, Henry James C, Milford, Mrs. Alice Eytunge, Richard Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Q. A. McConnet, 1, &. Bennett, Mra. Eakins and two children, Jonn L. Lightbound, W. A. Wethevell, the Rev, B, Gurney, William Close, G. ©. Gray, Miss Cassie Renz, Charles K. KenZ, ©., Stery, HY. Stevier, James Girdlestone, H. Pierce and wie, J. D. Gray and wife, Mr, Webb, Dr. John O'Donovan and Charies Wilson, THE MISSING ISMAILIA. The following news has been received in this: city respecting the overdue steamer Ismailia, be- onging to the Anchor line, trom Mitchell's Mari- time Register, published in London on the 24th of Octover, 1873, to the effect that she was spoken on. Octover’2, in lat, 41 norti, lon. 64 west (the coast of Nova scotia), on we third day that she was out on her voyage to Glasgow. A Glasgow paper has like- Wise published the intelligence that she supplied provisions to a vessel bound tO Nova Scotia on the occasion above mentioned. ve mensional 5) THE POLIOE DETECTIVES, Police Commissioners Gardner and Russell, with ex-Judge Pierrepont and Mr. Da Costa, as counsel for the Bank of England, and ex-Mayor Hall, ae counsel for the defendants, Irving and Farley, met yesterday morning, at ten o’clock, in the court room at Police Headquarters, Dr. Mosher wi ‘ present, but Mr. Pierrepont declined to cross~ examine him, ‘the only remaining witness ior the prosecution Was Deputy stenm Carty, who or some unexplained reason Was not present, though notified to atiend op tue previous day, The Court and counsel, With a larce attendance of spectator: waited until Nali-past eleven Peg ha then t on Court was adjourned ugtl 10 A, MOU,