The New York Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1873, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD] STREET. BROADWAY AND A‘ —_>+—_——_ JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR Rejected communications will not be re- turned. . No. 362 Volume XXXVIII, ae ~ AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW EVENIKG, PARK THEATRE, Brooklyn, opposite City Hall.— Exocu ARDEN. BOWERY THEATRE, Bow MorneR Goose OLYMPIC AT and Bleecker sts.—Famity ¢ Yo—Miscmrer Makixc— Broadway, between Houston Jaxs—Gasen, Grom 585 Rroadway.—Vaniery between Prince and oop. NIBLI Broadway Houston sts.—CmiLpREN eW Broadway and Thirteenth WALLACK’S THEA sireet.—A Man or Ho WOOD'S MUSEUM, Brondw rner Thirtieth st— Wisp Oats, Atterboun an BROADWAY THE Tux Woman ix Wits. GRAND OPERA HOU it. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE, 28th st. and Broadway.— Panuicie. BOOTHS THEATR Kit; OR THY ARKANSAS TONY PASTOR'S OPERA HOUSE, No, 201 Bowery.— Variety ENTSRTALNMENT. BRYANT’S OPERA HO y Zwronty-tnird st., corner Ce 0 MINsTR ay, Y HALL, Mth st. between 4th ay. -OLp FoLKs Concrrt. and Sd avenue and f4th street—MenacEnte fternoon and evening. BAIN HALL, Great Jones street, between Broadway and Bowery.—Tix Pine ASSOCIATION HALL, 23d street and 4th avenue.— Leorunr—"“Lanp oF THE MipNiGHT SuN.” YORK MUSEUM OF TENCE AND ART. DR, KAHN’S MUSEUM, No. 688 Broadway.—Science axp Art. NATOMY, No. 618 Broad- wi TRIPLE § New York, Sunday, Dec. 28, 1873. THE NEWS OF YESTERDAY. ‘To-Day’s Contents of the Herald. OUR CITY AND CO [Y GOVERNMENT FOR THE COMING YEAR! RAPID TRANSIT AND OTHER REFORMS"—LEADING ARTICLE— Sixtu Pace, THE VIRGINIUS DECLARED A LEGAL PRIZE FOR SPAIN BY A HISPANO-CUBAN COURT— s TH PAGE. THE NEW MINISTER TO SPAIN! PERSONAL SKETCH AND SALIENT INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MR, CALEB CUSHING—SEvVENTH | | PAGE. PROGRESS OF THE RAILROAD STRIKE! A | FREIGHT BLOCKADE IN PITTSBURG! DE- Our oury ana vounty Government for the Coming Year—Rapid fransit and Other Reforms. There will be some change in our city and county government with the incoming of the new year; not so great a change as the people would desire to see, but one which so far as it goes, let us hope, will be productive of reform. The Sheriff's office will pass into the hands of Mr. William ©. Conner, the Sheriff elect; there will be a new County Clerk and three new Coroners; Abraham R. Lawrence and Charles Donohue will take their places on the bench of the Supreme Court; Claudius L. Monell apd Gilbert M. Speir will go into the Superior Court, and the Marine Court will be improved by the accession of David McAdam and Henry Alker. There is no reason to question the capacity or character of any of the new Judges. The most important office to undergo reconstruction on January 1 is that of the Sheriff, and as many flagrant abuses exist therein it will offer a fertile field for reform, which Sheriff | Conner will @o well to cultivate. In the first place the fees at present attached to the office are larger than any public official should receive. We hear to-day of Sheritt Brennan’s application for a mandamus to compel the auditing of his bill for over fifty thousand dol- lars feesagainst the county for nine months of 1872, and this amount is only an item in his gross receipts. There have been several at- tempts to abolish this abuse and to substitute a liberal salary for the Sheriff in lieu of fees, but they have always been defeated, to the in- jury of the people and to the benefit of the legislative committees having the measures in charge. Now, Sheriff Conner, representing reformed Tammany, cannot do more valuable service to himself and his party than by in- itiating his term of office with a refusal to ac- cept fees and an application to the State Legislature for an immediate law fixing a fair salary for his services. Such action on his part would be accepted by the com- munity as a more practical reform than any ever accomplished by the late Committee of Seventy in its most useful days, and would at once give regene- rated Tammany the lead as the real municipal reformer, especially in view of the sad failure of the old reform organizations to construct an efficient localgovernment. The new Sheriff may also work another reformation which will be recognized and applauded by the people, if he will treat all criminals as the law contem- plates that criminals shall be treated, what- | ever may be their social or pecuniary standing. When persons accused of crime and not ad- mitted to bail or persons convicted of crime are in his custody he should make up his mind to keep them under lock and key and not under the charge of deputies to roam about the city at their will and sometimes to cheat | justice by an escape. Sheriff Conner promises fairly and declares it to be his intention to purify the important office into which he is about to enter. We have some confidence in | the honesty of his intentions, but we should feel | more confidence in his ability to carry them out | if it were not for the manuer in which the SIGNS OF THE BROTHERHOOD—TEN1n PAGE. ENGLISH FINANCIAL ADVICES BY CABLE— IMPORTANT GENERAL NEWS—SEvENTH PAGE. WALL STREET SPECULATORS AGAIN FORCIN UP 1 E PRICES OF STOCKS! DISCOUNT- A PROBABLE JANUARY RI AND NFLATION! FEATURES OF BUSINESS— EIGHTH PG TROUBLED MEXICO! RIOT AND MURDER IN MONTEREY! CORTINA PREPARING TO ASSUME THE MAYORALTY OF MATAMO- RAS—SEVENTH PAGE. FRENZIED WITH RUM, AN OLD WOMAN FURI- OUSLY ASSAILS HER YOUNG NEPHEW! HE IS KNOCKED DOWN AND JUMPED UPON, AND DIES SOON AFTER! A MUR- DEROUS FAMILY FRACAS—FirtTH Pace. POUNDED TO DEATH—ANUTHER PROFESSOR WEBSTER HORROR BOSTON—A VIR- GINIA LAWYER MURDERED—Firti PaGe. LAND BRUISERS IN THE PRIZE MASSACHUSETTS POLICE KVENT THE ROUGHS FROM HAVING THEIR FUN OUT! 31 ROUNDS DECIDED— TENTH PAGE. OREGON OPINIONS OF WILLIAMS—THE NEW CUBAN AGENT IN NEW YORK ON THE PATRIOT STRUGGLE—THE EDGAR STUART—FovurrH Pace. CHURCH SERVICES ON THE CLOSING SABBATH OF THE YEAR! RELIGIOUS NEWS AND CORRESPOND. E—Four PAGE. RECENT REMARKABLE LITERARY WORKS AND THEIR AUTHORS! THE WOOD! “DEAD-ALIVE KET AT THE HUB! VELS—TuirD PaGE, DRAMATIC AND THE “WICKE! IN LONDON! “GRISELDA” AND THE “SCHOM FOR INTRIGUE!” A PLAY. THE PALL MALL GAZETTE! JANDAL—THIRD PAGE, NEW YORK HARBOR SAFEGUARDS—THE AN- XED WARDS AND THEIR DEBT—POSTAL RULES—£icuty Pace. BANKRUPTCY AND OTHER LITIGATIONS IN THE COURTS YESTERDAY—PIGEON SHOOTING— Fit Pace. THE Treasury Seccrrry.—Jay Cooke has gone to smash, as is pretty well known, and Jay Cooke's name is generally believed to be on the bonds of a number of gentlemen holding Places in the United States Treasury Depart- -ment. Those bonds, therefore, are worthless, so far-as relates to the signature of that par- ticular security for the honesty of Treasury officials. Has the Secretary of the Treasury considered that if any of his subordinates for whom Jay Cooke gave bonds should turn out defaulters the government will be crippled in its remedy, and has he properly overhauled | the bonds? We pause for a re ATMOSPHERIC MAR- | WORLD” | appointment of his deputies has been made. In accordance with the dictates of the Tam- | many organization, the Sheriff elect has left he selection of these important officers to fe Tammany Hall Assembly “district com- nittees, appointing only such deputies as the canmittees recommend. This is sacrificing th: interests of the city to the interests of | paty. It is studying the wishes of Tammany Hal instead of seeking tomake appointments suchas the people can approve. A Sheriff is | | elected, we may fairly presume, because the | citizeas who vote for him feel satisfied that he will appoint good men under him and other- wise conscientiously discharge the duties of his office. He scarcely acts justly to his con- stituents when he transfers the selection of his subordinates to committees composed mainly of rumsellers, rowdies and such other elements as compose the leadership of ward | politics. Still we are willing to trust Sheriff | Conner and to hope that he will look | sharply after the official conduct of his deputies, no matter by what influence they may secure their positions. As the city government proper undergoes no important change this year we must look to legislation at Albany for any reforms we may desire to effect in our local affairs. That reforms are needed no person will deny. The corruptions of the old Ring rule and the lega- cies they left behind have held us for the past two years in a vice, and all progress in our ‘works of public improvement has been | checked. Dishonesty in the municipal gov- ernment has been succeeded by discord and incompetency. Under the old régime the treasury was broken open and robbed; under the new régime a miserably inefficient finan- cial management has broken down the city credit, emptied the treasury and effectually piocked our advance. There is a lack of har- mony in the public departments which is as injurious as it is scandalous. There is neces- sary work to be done on our streets and | avenues, but it is prevented because of the fend between the Finance Department and the Department of Public Works. Ordinances and resolutions are passed by the Common Council in accordance with the requirements of the charter ordering repairs and improve- ments in different localities, but they are pigeon-holed by the Mayor because he and the | Comptroller do not like the officer under whose | direction the work is to be done. A compre- | | | | | Tue Vincinivs as a Spaxisn Pawy is her | latest appearance in our despatches from Ha- | vana. A Spanish Prize Court has metaphori- | cally sat upon her since her surrender to the | United States and declared her to be lawful | prize. This should be a very vain and silly | performance but for the fact that the famous Fish protocol has left the door open for any number of insulting pronouncements. The likelihood of the Spaniards getting the vessel may be very slim, but they can make an everlasting diplo- matic row about it, and that is just where Secretary Fish will find himself in his milk and watery element. If they would only claim the Secretary as lawful prize a large majority of the people would seriously consider surrendering him. The Spaniards will hardly make this demand, as he would not be of quite so much use to them if any- where out of the State Department. There he can be depended on to lack ‘backbone’ dur- ing the entire twenty-four hours, except his enemy should weigh 108 pounds, cocked hat aud feather included, henstve pla for the reconstruction of our docks and piers is agreed upon, but the Finance Department is not pleased with the Dock Commissioners and so withholds from them the necessary funds for the prosecution | of the work. A very little discreet legislation may remove all this embarrassment by more clearly defining the powers and duties of the | Several departments in the city government ( and making provision for their proper enforce- ment. But the people do not desire to see any | tinkering with the charter beyond these neces- sary amendments. They have had patchwork | and intrigue enough already and have been too long made the sport of venal legislatures. If the law passed last year is to be altered at all it must be for the purpose of infusing vigor and harmony into the city government, and not in the interest of individuals, There have been rumors of an intention on the part of some persons to attempt to secure a spring election, making the Comptroller an elective office as well as the Mayor. But Mayor Have- meyer’s term expires next November, and NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 whicn meets the approval of the citizens It would be unwise to change the time of the charter election. With the exception of these substantial amendments, the less the Legis- lature tinkers with the charter the better it will be for the interests of the city. There is one subject, however, upon which leglislation is imperatively demanded. We must no longer be trifled with in regard to rapid transit. Yoar after year our citizens have been defrauded of this absolutely neces- sary relief through the corrupt intrigues of lobbymen and legislators. Rival speculations have been presented, there has been a hot strife for the charters, and Senators and Assemblymen have been purchased for one scheme or the other, or have stood anxiously in the midst of all the schemes looking out for the most profitable bargain. Some char- ters have been granted, and one proposed line, the Gilbert Elevated road, is said now to have had a commencement, although, after the long delay, it looks like a job to amuse the Legtsltury ond gbstruct other projects. What the people now demand is that all these individual speculations shall be swept sidé or suffered to take their own chances on their merits, and that a law shall be enacted authorizing the construction of viaduct roads by the city. The question of the profit of steam transit through the island is no longer problematical. It is satisfactorily shown by a careful estimate of the cost, the running expenses and _ the amount of travel, that viaduct roads built along each side of the city from the Battery to Harlem bridge would pay the interest on their investment and the expenses of working them, besides laying by an annual fund for the re- demption of the bonds issued for their con- struction. The new railroad from Hunter's Point to Flushing, which runs trains at one cent a mile, or eight miles for eight cents, al- most monopolizes the business of transporta- tion and realizes a fair profit. At the same rate our citizens could ride from the City Hall to Harlem for six cents, and the road would make money. Thes¢~are facts which are undeniable, and hence there is no reason why the Legislature should hesitate to pass such a law as we suggest at an early day of the session. The annexation of the lower towns of Westchester county; the improvements which must soon be made in the annexed ter- ritory; the money already invested in the splendid works, now left unfinished and de- caying inthe upper part of the island; all these demand the speedy construction of a | city railroad for steam transit, and the people will no longer patiently suffer the greed of legislators and the corrupt inducements of the lobby to defeat the much-needed work. Science and Religion in Conflict. There are many indications that we are approaching a period during which the truce which has so long been preserved between science and religion will be broken, and that, whatever the result, the fight will be general and severe. Religion thrives, the churches prosper; but, in spite of all appearances to the contrary, there is, it must be admitted, a large amount of scepticism widely diffused among allranks and classes of the people. The re jearches of Darwin, the experiments of Tyndall and the teachings of Huxley, Oarpen- ter and others have done much within the last ten years to sap the foundations of re- ligious belief. In these days the apostles of science are men of great ability and learning, and these high qualities are quite equalled by their industry and daring. A fresh jllugtra- tion of the daring of the scientific teachers was recently furnished in the neigborhood of London. At Sion Hill College it is the cus- tom of the authorities to invite, from time to time, prominent men to deliver lectures on one or other of the leading questions of the hour. On such occasions the audiences are select, and the clergy are generally well repre- sented. Dr. Carpenter, it appears, some few days ago was the honored lecturer. The Doc- tor 1s not one of those who have openly broken with the Church; hence, no doubt, the honor and the privilege. The audience was large, composed mainly of leading clergy- men and prelates, with a sprinkling of the professors of science. Among the latter was Dr, Tyndall, who is present sometimes where he is not wanted, and who never loses his op- portunity. Dr. Carpenter took for his subject the “Reign of Law," a subject which has been largely discussed from the Christian standpoint by the Duke of Argyll. The Doe- tor made short work of the Duke and his ac- commodation theories, declaring, to the amazement and alarm of his andience, that nature had never been invaded by anything arbitrary, preternatural or supernatural; and, asif this was not enongh, adding that litur- gies, litanies, collects and prayers never had influenced, never could influence the course of the universe, nor mankind, nor a single in- dividual in the slightest degree. A fierce and prolonged discussion followed, the clergymen loudly protesting against such monstrous heterodoxy. The worst, however, had not yet come. It was Tyndall’s turn now. “I am speaking,’ he said, “to men of education and men of learning—to men who have read history and observed the course of nature— and I feel constrained to ask you as gentlemen of culture whether it is really possible that you can have any belief in the efficacy of prayer to affect this universe in the slightest degree?’ It is not to be wondered at that a motion for adjournment was immediately jade, and that the meeting somewhat ab ruptly came to an end. Tiié was when snch language would have sent aman to the stake; but that time has passed; the age of reason has begun to dawn, and the Church, if she is to surv The clergy must take warning. is up and ready for battle, ‘The enemy There have been giants in the Church in the past, and we have | no doubt there are giants in the Chureh still. They must no longer conceal themselves or remain inactive. It is time for them to con- front and confound the foe. Tue Mexican Muenicrparsrres are becoming seriously and dangerously agitated, for the most part in consequence of political strife and the demoralizations of the politicians. Our news reports from Matamoras, Monterey and Tampico are not by any means reassur- ing as to the internal social condition of the Republic. Street riot, with murder, is com- mencing to crop out to an alarming extent while the idea of making the head of the Finance Devartment an elective office is one among our democratic neighbors beyond the Bio Grande, Whe Great Railroad Strike. When a combination of employés can block -the wheels of traffic as effectually as the engineers of the Western railroads have blocked the lines of railroad running West from Pittsburg the labor question assumes very significant features. A strike in the building trades, lasting for six months, would not occasion as much public inconvenience as the suspension of traffic for six days on a highway of steam travel. After a twenty-four hours’ cessation from work the accumulation of freight cars on the lines necessitated the abandonment of moving goods altogether. On four important lines running from Pittsburg no accommoda- tion trains could be run, and the expresses were got through with difficulty. When all the inconvenience to the public is calculated which arises from such a strike it will be seen that on all sides every effort should be made to prevent its occurrence. We ob- 8, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET, nine. We are in tavor ot amnesty and good will and believe that we ought to have peace, but we are disposed to think there is either too much peace or too little. If it is good to make a general jail delivery of men convicted of this class of offences it is good to abolish the wholo system of federal government in States under which the convictions are ob- tained, and thus the President would be saved the trouble of pardoning. The Religoius Press on Current Topics. Our religious contemporaries this week have no single prominent topic upon which to unite their dissertations. Each seems to have selected its own peculiar doctrinal points, and thereupon dwelt with its usual clerical con- spicuity. Church and State (Episcopalian) declares that itis oi the utmost importance that a course should be pursued in regard to Bishop Oum- mins as calm, dignified and unirritating as serve that the organization which binds the engineers together disclaims any connection with or authorization of the strike. This or- ganization professes also to seck arbitration in proferenise to going on strike, in cases where difficulties arise between employer and employed. Now, to the company as well as to the engineers, the present state of affairs is very unprofitable. Another week of inac- tivity would cost a great deal more to the companies concerned than a month’s wages and be a power in the world, must | be sustained by reason and sound argument. | to the engineers. If the companies believe that they cannot afford the present wage rate let them state their case in full before a board of arbitrators agreed to by the companies and workmen. ‘There should be surely some better means of settling a wage question than one by which the passenger and freight traffic of entire sections is cut off. What the workmen most have to fear in dis- putes of this nature is the rash over-zeal of the misguided among them. It is reported from Indianapolis that an ‘‘outsider’’ engineer was shot in the arm by one of the strikers. The man committing this outrage has been arrested, and for their own credit the workmen should rejoice over his conviction. The man who shoots or stabs in their behalf is not their friend. It isfeared that on other lines about to attempt a reduction of wages similar strikes will be inaugurated. The companies should see to it that no grasping or oppressive spirit govern their dealings with a class of men so useful and needful as the engineers. Caleb Cushing as Minister to , Spain. We have the important news from Wash- ington that the venerable Caleb Cushing has been appointed to take the place of General Sickles, resigned, as our Minister to Spain. This is important news, as it foreshadows somewhat broadly the future policy resolved upon by the administration in its treatment of our difficulties with Spain. We infer, from this appointment of Mr. Cushing, that in reference to Spain it is first the purpose of the administration to secure the confidence of the government of Castelar, and to give him all possible moral support in the work of estab- lishing the Spanish Republic ; and that after thus preparing the way our goverp ent will proceed to some definite propositions for the settlement of ous eSmplications in the affairs of Cuba. Mr. Cushing goes out to strengthen first the bonds of peace between the Republic of the United States and the Republic in Spain, as, perhaps, the shortest way to “manifest destiny’? in Cuba; and whatever may be the difficulties which the Republic in Spain may have to meet, we dare say it will meet with no embarrassment from Mr. Cushing. F As, in short, we interpret his appointment, it will be his task to prove to Spain \and to Europe that we are not hankering or inps- tient for the possession of the island of Cuba} that we are not seeking for a pretext for a war Our seize the island; that we do not really desire it; but that while we do desire the establishment of law, order, humanity, liberty, peace and security to life and property in Cuba, and lib- eral reciprocal commercial relations with the island, we also desire to see the establishment of the Republic in Spain against all its ene- mies. With these credentials Mr. Cushing can hardly fail to secure the confidence of the government at Madrid with his first report to Castelar; but still the question recurs, What of Cuba? The answer must be left to the development of events. Asthe first object appears to be an entente cordiale with Spain, Mr. Cushing is the right man in the right place at Madrid. The special object to be gained by this movement for an entente cordiale may not be visible to the naked eye; but we are satisfied that, in any event, Mr. Cushing at Madrid will maintain the dignity and honor of the United States. More Boston Virtue. Surely the saints are getting demoralized when stealing has become fashionable in the Hub. The latest accounts from that ancient seat of virtue report a fraud on the revenue to the amount of a million and a half dollars. The delinquents are a firm well known for | their attachment to piety and tea, They have | attended all the pions meetings to exalt the , Hub, and have turned up their eyes until only | the yellow was visible in holy horror at the mere mention of ungodly New York. It was very unkind of Norman H. Bingham, an un- | compromising special agent, with no affinity for tea and crackers, to seize on the saints’ ac- counts and their expose little game. What will become of the Hub if saints are to be treated like mere sinful Gothamites? We suggest to the author- ities in Washington that this Bingham should be sent to the Rhine or other foreign parts. He evidently does not know how to distinguish the godly from the sinners, Such man is | evidently quite unfit to be a special agent, and ought to be got rid of without delay. We sympathise with the Hub; the pious varnish is all getting rubbed off and the pious inhab- itants are beginning to look morally seedy, Some unkind people, with no respect for ap- pearances, declare that “if we scratch a Hub- ite we fiad a fraud,’’ and the present devel- opments of revenue robberies are certainly enough to damage seriously even the reputa- tion of the saintly Hub. Ko Kivx Parpons.—The President has just pardoned four men undor sentence for offences of the Ku Klux order, and these, it is said, raise the number of pardons of this sort granted within eightgon mombhe to fifty- with Spain under cover of which we may’ possible. It regrets that proceedings have been instituted with a view to the trial of the Bishop. ‘In case such a trial is held,” says the editor, “and the Bishop should appear with able counsel in his defence, beyond a doubt the case would be so presented as to enlist no little sympathy in his behalf. If he should not appear the whole affair would be ridiculous and absurd.”” The Independent reiterates the ground it maintains in regard to the support of religious institutions—to wit, that they should be sus- tained entirely by voluntary contribution, and not at all by taxation, whether the method be direct, in the form of a levy and an appro- priation, or indirect, in the form of a tax ex- emption. ‘‘This,’’ avers the editor, ‘‘is the theory upon which the Church started in the days of Christ and His apostles, and which was continued until it became united with the State. ‘The sooner this theory is resumed the sooner the Church will go back to its primi- tive doctrine, depending on its friends for support and asking no special favors or im- munities at the hands of the State.’’ The In- dependent hopes the Senate will assert its inde- pendence by rejecting the nomination of Judge Williams as Chief Justice. ‘The President,”’ thinks the editor, ‘‘certainly can make a wiser choice, and, as we have no doubt, if the Senate were to give him this in- timation he would try the experiment. The ‘lesson to him would be a good one, anda good one for all Presidents after him.”’ The Evangelist advocates the raising of a fund of ten thousand dollars for the relief of the families of Professor Pronier, of Geneva, and Mr. Carrasco, of Madrid, delegates to the Evangelical Alliance in this city who perished in the Ville du Havre. The appeal is urged with much earnestness, and, no doubt, will be correspondingly responded to. The Evangelist is evidently unfriendly to Com- munism as it exists in New York. ‘The snaky head,” asserts the editor, ‘that was so lately beaten down and dragged in dust and blood in the streets of Paris, is only ‘scotched, not killed.’”’ After recapitulating some of the proceedings at the late International Workingmen’s demonstration at Cooper Insti- tute the Evangelist, referring to the movement there inaugurpteg, toncludes: Spot the public mind, Above ail, wale exercisiug private charhy and beneficence, and manilesting sympathy with want, we must endeavor to instruct and to win the confidence of those whom dema- gogues and pseudo-reformers stand ready to mis- lead, and bring them over to the side of good sense, good morals and religious principle. The Christian Leader had begun to think quite well of the present Congress. ‘But, alas!’’ exclaims the editor, ‘how soon are the fondest hopes dispelled! The virtue which shot up in many an auroral flame as the scene opened has already turned pale in the fourth week, and bids fair to vanish altogether long before adjournment. Nothing high toned or manly has appeared in the whole of this salary n business.” “>The Liberal Christian boldly affirms that tT MRE chaps a churches, as well as in busi- ness and polities "yfrxuece ae cee He editor, “the steady ignoring of tne ane purpose of a church organization; while the things which ought to be done are left undone, and things which ought not to be done are the first to be put in motion. The Church exists that it may do good; it is a means to an end, an agent for the unselfish promotion of spiritual things. The instant it loses sight of this great mission it ceases to be necessary to the advancement of mankind, and unless it can be reformed and made true to this purpose it should be pulled down and destroyed as a hinderance and a curse to the world.” The Christian at Work labors with consid- erable zeal on the subject of the ‘Censorship of the Clergy.’’ It does not defend those who force oppressive measures upon congregations or are in perpetual conflict. All such must meet the ccnsequences of their own acts. “But,” asks the editor, “‘where minister and congregation are a unit in their work, is it quite the thing for some Rev. Creamcheese to insist that the brother shall adopt his way of doing things? Yet just this is done—done in the city, done out of the city, done every day in the year, Sundays, of course, excepted. Ministers can scarcely expect to receive more justice from the secular press than from their brethren in the ministry; and yet, of all the censorship we have ever heard, none has been quite so self-pronounced, arbitrary and unjust, nor withal quite so pitiable, as that heard from the lips of that paradox, a jealous minis- ter.” The Jewish Messenger lashes certain members | of Congress, General Butler in particular, for speaking contemptuously of “Jew bankers,’ | adding: — j The Jew bankers of Europe aided our o during the war when we vain to Mr. Butler and his int nays Butler, | lect that his memory shed on | this subj ata time w ankly expressed | | ignorance and requested information, He has der and not wiser within ten years, i grown The Tabiet (Catholic) terms the recent action of Bishop Cummins in departing trom the Protestant Episcopal Church to set up a Church of his own “a tempest in a teapot,” | and adds that the Bishop is not the first who has left the Protestant Episcopal body, nor will he be the last. “That unfortunate body,” affirms the editor, “is rapidly approaching final dissolution. One or two who took refuge in the Catholic Church have gone away again. Why? Because they, at last, found truth, but found it too strong for them. ‘Truth is neces- head of the Anglican Church—Queen Victoria and the British Parliament.’’ The Freeman’s Journal learns by a private letter something that will entitle the late gal- lant Captain Fry to ‘special prayers for his poor soul on the part of pious Catholies."’ In one ot Captain Fry's papers, preserved in the hands of a friend, he tells how and why he refused to blow up the Virginius when over- hauled by the Spanish cruiser on the high seas. When urged todo so by some of the Spanish infidels on board his reply was:— “There are a great many men on board who have immortal souls and who are not ready for death. I cannot take the responsibility of putting an end to their lives without oppor- tunity for them to prepare for such a thing.’’ The Jewish Times congratulates its readers upon the evidence of the progress of reform in the union effected between the congregation of Anshi Chesed, more generally known as the Norfolk street congregation, and the congregation Temple Adas Jeshurun. “Thus,"’ says our Hebrew contemporary, “the oldest orthodox (Jewish) congre- gation of the city of New York has become merged ontirely with a congregation recog- nized as the leading radical reform congrega- tion of the country, and under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Einhorn, a minister, renowned as the first scholar, the most profound thinker and uncompromising reformer. The new con- gregation cannot fail to exercise a most power- ful influence in the steady development of re- form, enlightenment and religious zeal within the pale of American Judaism.”’ The Hebrew Leader is considerably exercised over the mission of ex-Rabbi Schlamowits, a Jew converted to Catholicism, whose province, is to convert unbelievers to the true faith or vice versa, as the case may be. After sum- marizing an interview the ex-rabbi had with a Heratp reporter, the Leader arrives at the conclusion that “the ignorant turncoat does not produce any new arguments worth con- sidering.” The Catholic Review treats of the ‘Turns of Fortune,” “Catholics in the Prussian Parlia- ment,"’ “The Voice of the Vicar of Christ’’ and other interesting topics. ‘ RecrvrrmeG ror THE Navy.—It appears that the Navy Department has discontinued recruiting, save for able-bodied seamen. When the Virginius excitement was at ita highest pitch the recruiting depots at Toledo, Detroit, Baltimore and New Orleans were visited by clamorous crowds ready to enlist rather than to encounter the hardships of the winter without other employment. It was very fortunate at the time that this chance of getting an honest living was offered by the government and eagerly embraced by so many applicants. Now that any immediate neces- sity has passed for further recruiting, the strikes and the improved condition of the country will leave many openings that can be acceptably filled by these men. The govern- ment has wisely decided, however, to accept all the skilled seamen who present themselves at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washin; oF ton and Norfolk. Secretary Robeson sho under no circumstances adopt a policy again looking to the decadence and inefiicionay of the navy. rir DaEeeE Tureat.—It is intimated, apparently from the Sheriff's Office, that if Genet is caught he will be brought back to the city in handcuffs. This is a cheap satisfac- tion that the delinquent officials give to public indignation. They feel so bad about the failure of justice through their fault that they are resolved to do something very dreadful— if they geta chance. But the public would: be better satisfied to have Genet in custody than to have the officials threatening him with handcuffs. Meanwhile the officials may vapor with safety; if they ever cared to capture Genet, which is very doubtful, there is no like- lihood now that they will ever do it. iM PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Charles Bradlaugh Avenue Hotel. Jaazo Marcus P. Norton, of Troy, is staying at the Metropontmg Hotel. Ra tia Congressman day A, axp2Pell, of Michigan, has arrived at the New York Hotel. Attorney (enetal Clarke, of Manitoba, yesterday arrived at the st. Nigholas Hotel. Lieutenant Governor Qvesell S. Taft, of Vermont, is staying at the Grand Ceiiral Hotel. Lieutenant Commander H.-"; Pickering, United; States Navy, is at the Albemarle Motel. Professor William Everett, of Casd>ridge, Mass. is temporarily residing at the Clarend@@ Hotel. Ex-Congressman John Rogers, of lack Brooky N. Y., has apartments at the Metropolitan Holl. Rear Admiral Alden, United States Navy, Js among the recent arrivals at the Fifth Avenae~ Hotel. Viscount Tarbat, of England, who has been travelling in the West, has returned to the Bre- voort House, Sir James Colville recently, in London, gave judge ment in the case, “Futtehsangje Jaswantsanji vs. Kullianraiji Hakcomatraigi,”’ which raised a novel question that was almost as difficult as the names of the defendant and plaintiff, In a letter to Colonel Forney, of the Philadelphia. Press, Thurlow Weed says he launched the Albany Evening Journal four days after the establishment of the Germantown Telegraph, one of the best papers printed in Pennsylvania, Disraeli has had placed on the monument in memory of his father, which was erected by the Viscountess Beaconsfleld on ner estate at Hughen- den, the inscription—“Mary Anne Disraeli, Vis- countess Beaconstield, ob. December 15, 1872, 0 dulcis conjur.” . Mrs, banks was a most determined woman. She lived In Dudiey, England, but was determined not to do so any longer, Therelore she made a loop of her clothes tine, and, standing on a table and up- raised on her toes, pressed her throat against the lawer side of the loop until suffocation achieved her death. A Boston paper has the following neat way of disposing of the case of a clerical criminal :—“Rev, John Hutehingon, the swindling Hpiscopal clergy- man, by the kindness of Judge Aldrich, 18 now per- mitted to listen to the faithful monitions of Rev. is aguin at the Filth | Joseph H. Clinch, for eighteen months, at our House of Correction,”’ A mature Casabianca has been discovered in the Russian army. He 1s @ private soldier who was on duty a8 a sentinel in the town of Bardosck. The great fire that occurred in the town recently had spread to his watchbox, It was burned, and the sentinels clothing was on fire when & corporal arrived to relieve him, The Emperor has made the man @ non-commissioned oficer, decorated him with the Order of St. Anne and given him 5) roubles, ILLNESS OF MR. DANIEL DREW. Shortly befor ethe close of business hours in Wall street yesterday afternoon @ report was spread that the veteran financ Daniel Drew, was on his deathbed, A H&RALD reporter soon made hia way to Mr. Drew's residence, situated at Sevens , teenth street and Broad » and gained the tole sarily uncompromising, or, as Dr. Browning says, intolerant. So they went back from tho infallibility of the vicar of Jesus Christ to either personal infallibility or that curious lowing iniormation from a member oi the family :— “Mr. Drew has been fli tn bed for several days, but to-day 1s out of his bedroom and is able to eat @ hearty meal., We are vot at all anxious about his cundttion, and believe in dav or two he wilh be as Woll ag over,”