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4 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. January 4-— Pulpit Exer- cises To-Day. HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE. THE WEEK OF PRAYER. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. The inchoative services of the Reformed Episco- Ppalians, in Sienway Hall to-day, will begin at half- past ten A, M., Bishop Cumuins, the later Luther, preaching. Dr. A. ©. Osborn will assume his new charge (South Baptist) todlay, preaching at the usua, Morning and eveming services. Dr. Dowling will give the “hand of fellowship” to his successor. The new year will be ushered in with appropri- ate services ig Plymouth Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Muller oMciating. Song service and addresses in the evening. ® “Which Shall I Choose ?”’ {3 the basis of a New Year sermon by Rev. Wayland Hoyt in Steinway Hall this evening, At the anniversary and reunion services in St. ‘Mark’s (Methodist) Rev. Dr. Curry will deliver the morning and Rey. Dr. Fosa the evening discourse, Anew mass, anew “Veni Creator’ and 9grand Processional march will be performed at the Charch of Sts. Peter and Paul, Williamsburg, this morning, under direction of the author, Mr. Keens. Proceeds tor distribution among the parish poor. City mission apd church extension will be ad- Vocated this morning in Washington square Methodist church by Rev. Dr. Brown, P. E., and Rev. Mr. Abbott, “Misconceptions cf Universalism” will be cleared up by Rey. Mr. Pulliman (Church of Our Saviour), in tue Standard Club Hall, this evening. Rev. Dr. Fuiton will this morning furnish the Hanson place (Brooklyn) Baptists with “Tne Key that Unlocks the Problem of Christian Union.” Services this morning ana afternoon in Canal Street rresbyterian church, beginning the week of prayer, The customary services will be held in Berean Baptist churen, Rey. Mr. Davies. In Central Bapust church, Rev. Mr. Evans. In the Church of Christ, Rev. Mr. Dawson. In Fourteenth street Presbyterian church, Rey. Mr. Sloss. in Laight street Baptist church, Rey. Mr. Knapp.. In the Methodist Free Tabernacle, Rev. Mr. Cook- man. In 8t. Thomas’, Rev. Dr. Morgan, In the Madison avenue Zion, Rev. Mr. Galleher; and In Fifty-third street Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Pendleton. Rey, Mr. Hamilton will minister to the Four- teenth street Scotch Presbyterians at ball-past ten A. M. and hali-past three P. M. Sacramental services in St. Luke's (Methodist) this evening, Rev. Mr. McClelland preaching. Dr. Saran J. White preaches this evening in De Garmo Hall on “Humanity and Its Relations.” Rev. Mr, Sweetser will sermonize upon special subjects to-day, at the usual hours, in Bleecker street Universalist church. Services in English at eleven o'clock in the Rua-* Slan-Greek chapel. This morning, in the Church of the Roly Trinity, Rev. Dr. 8. H. Tyng, Jr., will oMiciate, and Rev. Dr. Washburn, of Calvary church, in the evening. Dr. Tyng will deliver another of his sermons to the peopie in the evening in Cooper Union. Rev. Edward Everett Hale preaches to Dr. “Bel- lows’ flock (All Souls’) tais morning, and Profes- sor William Everett, of Cambridge, in the evening. Special subjecis will engage the attention of the Rey. Mr. Hepworth, in the Church oi the Disciples, to-day, that ior the evening being “A New Year's Sermon to Young Men.” The North Presbyterians will be favored by thetr pastor with @ discourse upon “Jebts’’ this morn- ing. : Divine service will be held at half-past ten A. M. and iour P. M., in All Angels’ cuurch, Rev. C. F. Hoffman, rector, oMiciating. Rey. Dr. pix preaches at half-past seven P. M. in St. Peter's. The rector of Christ church, Rey. Mr. Thompson, will ministrate at the usual morping and afternoon services, and discourse about ‘Constance and John Hess” in the evening. Rev. Dr. Flagg will conduct the customary ser- vices in the Church of the Resurrection. In Anthon Memorial church Rev. Mr. Newton Will ministrate at the usual services. “How Christ’s Second Coming is Now Taking Place” will be. elucidated this evening, in the Church of the New Jerusalem, Brooklyn, by Rev. Mr. Ager. Rey. Mr. Pycott will officiate to-day in Cutler Memorial church, Brookiyn, the evening discourse of the practical course being abuut “The Poor Map.” The Robinson Hall Spiritualists will be lectured morning and evening by Mr. Lyman C. Howe. There will be another Spiritualist Conierence at No. 64 Madison avenue to-day. e Advice to the “Sceptic” Light.” To THE EpiroR OF THE HERALD: ‘The articie in a recent Sunday’s HERALD, under the title of “a Sceptic Wants Ligh!,” has arrested my attention, and I beg space in your valuable paper to saya few words. From tnat article I learn that the Rev. Dr. Smith, the amiable and learned rector of an Episcopal church in Filth avenue, is, of has been, delivering a series of lec- tures on “The Authenticity and Genuineness of the Gospels.” The writer of that article attendea one or more of Dr. Smith’s lectures as an avowed sceptic, but not in the hope of being convinced of his errors, nor even willing to be thus convinced; for he distinctly says, ‘I weot in the expectation of learning something new and convincing; and he is ‘glad to say, Jor the honor of God and manhood, that his expectations were not answered.” Hes giad of his disappointment, because he can still honor “God and manhood” as a sceptic; whereas, if he had been convinced by Dr. Smith of ‘the au- thenticity and genuineness of the ‘Gospels,’ he Would no longer be a sceptic, and therefore be compelled to dishonor ‘God and manood!” The first ten lines of tne communication bring out the animus, the calibre and the spite of the writer; and no one need be surprised at the senti- ments of tne rest of the article or of anything else he could white, The egotism, vanity and sualiow- ness of the writer are evidenced in every remain- ing sentence, He says, ‘This 18 a disputed point and one which cam mever be settied, and, even if it is settied, will amount to nothing.” Indeed! Wondrous wise sceptic! I reply by ask- ing, By whom is this point disputed ’—t. e., the authenticity and genuineness of the Gospels. By afew sceptics here and there who, like this sceptic, are glad to say for the honor o¢ God and humanity they remain scepties! He says it “can never be settled.” I say \t has been settled for ages, and, if this sceptic does not know this as @ historical fact, he is too ignorant to write a word op the subject, It is settied, and nag been for ages settled in the minds of millions now in the Church Expectant, and of millions more in the Church Militant; settled practically for eye, Christian who has lived and now lives; settiea py evidences a thousand-iold stronger than those which have obtained credence in the world, ana thereby practically established ail the so-called physieal truths. And, too, it has been settled in the minds of millions who are not avowed Chris. upon historical data merely. This is the writer who can glibiy write about Mahomet, Dar- win, Mormonism, Spiritualism, Simon Magus, Apolionius and Asculapius, and in the same sen- tences deliberately insult the Christian worid by familiarly of Saints Matthew, Peter and john, and our Blesyed Lord Jesus, just av if they were common mortais—men with whom he liad wansacted business on Change, men not deserving reverent, much less honorable, mention—Mgt- thew. Peter. Jon aud Christ, ban! This is t Who “Wants | better than a Wail street swindle.” man who insults Christendom by deliberately writing, “Certainty it is just that we should treat them” (the Gospels) “with the same respect as we do otner ancient writings, and when we find any- thing unreasonable to doubt it and put it down as a saying to ourseives that the author ts ext leceived bimseli or 1s trying to deceive us,’? That is to , the sceptic has spoken and the case 1s Setti-d! This ts the man who insults Christendom by deliberately writing:—“When I read that Apol- Jonius raised tne Jead, or, hke Peter, was confined in prison, and, like him, released in a similarly Mmiracuious manner, I think that somebody must have started a lie not only .n Apollonius’ case, but in Peter’s also; and when read that Aisculapius and Curist aiso raised the dead | am incined to ; think that others can spin yarns as well as the saiior.”’ That is to say, this sceptic is inclined to ees the Gospels are “yarns,” or, in plain English, 8 All this, Mr, Editor, may be intended as venom; this sceptic may be inclined to think it is smart— that it 18 a stab at Christianity. Rut what a mis- take, and just such an one as a sceptic only can make, out of conceit and vanity, Venom? It is only mud. Smart? It is only meanness. A stab? A were straw. Beiore and since tae days of Vol- taire and Paine—yes, more than 1,000 times, just such or worse things bave been said and written by sceptics, “lor the honor of God and humanity," and yet Curistiauity lives. Sceptics have railed against astronomy, geology, chemistry and many other systems and sciences now settled as such, and they are to this day, aud [ am in- clined to think they will continue to be Tead, studied and believed in to tne last, ‘This sceptic is convinced by his tailor, shoemaker, grocer, carpenter and doctor, because they know More about their busmmess than ve does. ‘This is reasonable and right. If ne is going to law he be- heves in his lawyer. Right again, There are law books he cannot comprehend; so he a>ks his lawyer to explain to him the law. ‘The lawyer hunts up the decisions of the courts because he knows there must be a rule of law somewiere. Now, law had an existence be- jore courts and lawyers; but only courts and law- yers can tell what the law as a whole isor what a given law means, But, alter all, 4 the court de- cides authoritat vely exactly what the law is, and further, not what one judge or court decides, but What has been decided in any one point by all the courts- @ concurrent judgment, Neither Palevy’s nor alexander’s evidences can establish the authenticity and genuineness of the Hoty Gospels, for the simple reason that they were established long beiore those writers were born!—settied, ab- solutely settled tor the whole world, long, long belore they were born. The Holy Gospels, and, in- deed, the whole of the Holy Bivie, consist of his- tory and dogma--the history and dogma of the Holy Catholic Church. That is to say, the Catholic Church existed before its history could be written or its dogmas defined. The very existence of the Catholic Church established the genuineness and authenticity of the whole of tne Holy Bibie, Christianity 18 no myth, because it belongs to the Catholic Church, wWuich hag always exisied. ‘The Chureh, therefore, ts or has the rule 01 faith which determines the meaning of the Holy Bibie, because it—the Ohurch—is olaer than the Holy Bible. £ deiy any man, or set of men, to establish the autuenticity and genuineness of the Gospels, or of the Holy Bible as a whole, by the Gospels or by the Holy Bible, This has been done, most mercifully tor the world, by the Cutnolic Church. 1tis a set- tied point, Christians read the Holy Sible tor com- fort snd guidance in lite, and to prove thereby the doctrines ot the Church, 80 that the process is, the Catholic Church first and tue Holy Bible next, be- cause the Church only Can tell us what the Holy Bible means. 11 there arises between two or more persons a dispute as to the meaning of any verse or chapter of the Holy bible, who or what is the umpire—toe inialible umpire? The Catholic Church only. In conclusion I offer the following advice to this Sceptic Who Wants light:—Read ana study the catechism, creeds and collects of the ritual ot the Holy Catuolic Churea; believe what that Church tells iim to Believe, a8 saving Uruth; repent, be baptized, be confirmed and communicate. It is unmanly to be a sceptic when the Holy Vatholic Church comes to the door oi every one with ner creeds, Sacraments and Holy Scriptures, A CATHOLIC, The Efficacy of Prayer. To THE EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— In last Sunday’s issue you inform the reader that at Sion Hill College Dr. Carpenter, the lec- turer, remarked, to the amazement of the audi- ence, that nature had never been invaded by any- thing arbitrary, preternatural or supernatural, and that liturgies, litanies, collects and prayers never had influenced, never could influence the course of the universe nor mankind in the slignt- est degree. Dr. Tyndall put the question to men of learning and intelligence, ‘Can you have any belief in the efficacy of prayer to affect this uni- verse in the sligntest degree t"’ Now, Mr. Editor, I will add that truth will in the end prevail, and, as 1 stated in a former com- munication, “A religions chat wita the Lord is no As to prayer, every honest, intelligent man, | think, must agree with “Zoroaster” that “he who tills the ground with care and diligence reaps @ greater harvest of | religious merit than ae couid obiain by the repeti- tion of ten thougand prayers.” When tue Creator made the world is it not rea- sonable to suppose that He understood His busi- ness? If so, did He intend that His work should receive @ fluisting touch irom a party of well paid priests? 1 think not, “PURPHYRY,? Free Dormitory for Women. To THE EDITOR OF THE HRRALD:— As it never would be believed that you would refuse @ place in your columns‘under the circum- stances, I have a lively faith im the success of my appeal to you aad the public fur the above little Institution—an outgrowth of the idea of the *‘Dor- mitory for Destitute Men” in Spring street—and with those who knew that something of the kind Was pecessary lor destitute and deserving women it wus started at No. 20 South Fifth avenue July 14, 1873, by combined action and contribution of Christian young men—the ‘Fraternals” (Church of the Strangers), clerks, with small salaries but ample souls; and since then, and the removal to 54 Amity street, has been sustained by their devotion and subscriptions trom their surplus necessities. Experimental in its nature, irom such gources it has proved to be a periect success as tar as this— Damely, the house 18 full to overflowing. Such success, though extremely gratifying to the pro- prietors, taxes these \oung disciples severely, for everything is furnished **without money and witn- out price,” and it is substantiaily settled tbat great good can be accomplished by so doing. But it 1s painiul to those engaged not to be abie to meet requirements and emergencies, My offer to lay their case before yon has been thankfully accepted. It will reach the public. No similar appeal has been made, and the mission Is comparatively unknown. It should be otherwise now. The enemy, in the shape of necessity, is upon them in full force, The littie gar- rison has no reserve. It sadly needs relief and reinforcements, Without these the battle this winter Will be simply desperate. There are hun- dreds—yes, thousands, thank God!—of Christian men and Women in this city with ample means, but ready, if sary, ior self deniai, even at this season Ol festivity, praying to Hum tor the oppor- tunity to so great good where it is most needed, Through your kindness they will attend to this case. Contributions of almost any kind—funds, food, fuel, clothing, anything that will minister to sufering delicate bodies and relieve distressed minds—will here flud perfect appreciation and proper application. “As we sow we shall reap,” and “A cup of cold water in His Dame” constivutes a brother or sister in Christ. VOLUNTEER. Interpretation of the Syllabus. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— An article appeared in the HERALD of last Sun- day purporting to give an interpretation of the forty-eightn proposition of the Syllabus, Were not the subject so serious a one we should not notice the interpretation givem This Catholic priest tells us that the condemned proposition refers only vo the schools of the diocese of Friburg, but does not affect the common schools of this coun- try. His Reverence, however, must know that the etter to the Archbishop of Friburg was one of quite a different character from that of the Sylla- bus. The former was directed to one pastor of the Church, the latter to “the patriarchs, primates, archbishops and bishops of the universal Church having grace and communion with — the Apostolic See.”” The doctrinal teaching, therefore, of the letter to the Archbishop of Friburg is explicitiy and in an absolute sense promulgated in tue Syliabus as binding through the whole Catholic Church. The breaking up o1 tue Catholic schools of the diocese of Friburg was the occasion of the condemned proposition of the Syl- Jabus, mach as the Augustines of Jansenius was the occasion of the condemnation ot his doctrine. It is not the manner of disjoining faith aud the author- ity of the Church, aa the writer says, that is con- demned, but the disjunction itsell, “Catholicis virig probari potest ea juventutis instituende ratio,” &c.—This system of instructing youth, &c. The article “the” prefixed to the word system in the priests’ transiation takes from the force and general nature of the proposition, what may be the circumstance under which Catbohe children may frequent common schools? This, as yet, is left to the determination of the bishops in their respective e8. On effort, indeed, is made by the writer to nar- row the meaning of the condemned proposition by the Context of the letter. But the truth ts that even the context shows the Pope’s intention to be quite contrary to that attributed to him in the above memtioned articie. Here 1s one extract :— “Therefore the schemes and efforts of excluding the power of the Oburch irom common schools pro- i (rom a apiri, most adverse to that Church it- self, and trom the attempt to extinguish from among the people the divine light of our most holy faith. This is why the Church, Which founded Schools of this kind, has ever iostered them with regard and care ana jooks on them as the principal part of her charge and rule, and regards any dis- Junction whatever oi them irom her authority and control as a0 injury equally to the Cuurch wid to these schools.” Moreover, LU hogtilfty to the Church and ta her NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, .18 74.—TRIPLE SHEET. teaching ts to limit her condemnation or error to the place of its birth what becomes of the whole syllabus? Ia tue condemnation of Gunther's doc- rie to be confined to Germany and that of La- mennais to France? The writer oi the article, we are sure, 18 far trom be ty te a heretical theory. A ROMAN CATROLIC, Temperance Prayer Meeting. To Tae EpiroR or THE HERALD:— Please allow me space in your columns to call attention to a very interesting temperance prayer meeting, held every Sabbath afternoon, at four o'clock, in the chapel of the Church of the Stran- gers, Greene street, between Waverley place and Clinton place. The exercises consist of earnest prayer, good singing and brief addresses, partici- pated in by all present, it is not confined to any Particular denomination, but Curistiang and non- Christians, high and low, rich and poor, white and black, old and young, are all heartily and affection- ately welcomed and made to (eet that they are among warm hearted Christian brothers and s.e- ters, anxious to better the condition of their tel- low beings. Mr, A. T, McMullen, the chairman or leader, is a true Christian man aud earnest tem. perance worker, and througn him and the influence of this meeting much good bas been accomplished. Atevery meeting a temperance pledye is offered jor signatures, and over @ thousand names nave been attached to it thus far. 1 advise your readers to attend this meeting, as Dowlere Can an hour be spent more pleasancly and profitably. C. 0. L. The Conversion of the Jews—Ex-Rabbi Schlamovitz Rises to Expiain. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Tam one of those persons who dislike exceed- ingly to be misrepresented, for two reasons: Firstly, because I love the trath better than any- thing else—may I say, for instance, better than 1 love even my own nation, the Jews, or any of their traditions; and secondly, because 1 do not like to Bee any one damage himself by trying to misrepre- sent his neighbor. A correspondent in your issue of December 28 has thought fit to speak of “Con- verted Jews, like ex-Rapbi Sculamovitz, who wanted to prove their sincerity and zeal for their new religion by Lelying their brethren and dis- vurbing the peace of the country.” Ho is also Pleased to assert, yet without one word of proof, that the making Christians out of Jews by persecution was once a notoriously success!ul method. I think I am also safe in saying vhat he repeats to my discredit a very old accusation made by our nation against the Divine jounder of my religion and His apostles— namely, thac I desire to ‘‘stir up the people’ and create a tumult. As to his insinuating thatI am “an unclean leper,’ I have only one reply, “If they have called the Master of the house Beelze- bub, how much more them of His household?’ Some other basty words escaped your corresdond- ent, Which show that when he wrote his letter to the HERALD he was out of temper. My advice to him is never to do so again. When one writes for the HERALD he ought to be periectly calm, or he Wili infaliubly make himself a laughing stock to a vast muititude oi people. Having premised ths much, I wou'd like to make an explanauon to my Hebrew brethren. I irankly acknowiedge that l seek their conversion vo Christianity, and purpose, With God’s heip and under the d.rection of the Holy Cuurch, to labor ior that, and by ail legiumate means, 1am a Jew, of the seed oi Abraham, andthereore I love all my breturen in the flesh who claim the same lineage with mysel, be they rich or poor, wise or ignorant, honored or despised. But there is one Jew wuom L love more than all others, who is our Messiall, the Redeemer of all men, the Cunst whom men and angels adore, because He is the Son oi God. Asa Jew lam the son of a Hebrew mother, whose memory {love and cherish with more affection than I can express; but there is one woman of our nation who is my mother in @ higher and holier sense, and whom I love and reverence avove all, and jor tue best of reasons, jor ‘‘be- hold all generations sha.l call ner biessed.’? She is the muther of the Messiah, through whose divine maternity ali the precious promises made to our forelathers have been tuifilied, and juifilled tar be- yond eituer our deserts or our expectations. One jact 1s beyond dispute—Jesus Christ has proved not only to be the Messiah 0: promise and of prophecy to the very letter of both, but He has alsu proved to be a Redeemer ot holier lineage, of greuter power, the Teacher Of a purer morullty, the Ke- veaier of more divine truth and o1 the knowledge of God and of the aestiny of men than the most taithful of Jews ever hoped to sve. He is not less the Messian because He is more. If He has be- come, as Isaiah prophesied, “tie light of the Gen- tiles” and “their salvation even to the furthest part of the earth.” He has not thereby jorieited His claim to be “the servant who was to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to convert the dregs of Israel,” wuich the prophet culls “a small thing’ to do, Cau we look lor a greater Messiah than the Son of God? Or suall the Gentiles boast of a Messian in comparison with Wwuom ours would be unworthy of mention? That the holy Catholic Church 1s now the true Israel that all the holy patriarchs aud prophets would immediately recognize and sanctiun her authority, if they could appear among us, that every Jew, being sufficiently enlightened, is bound, under pain of losing his immortal soul, to enter her fold, receive her baptism and confess her to be nis spritual mother and teacher in Jesus Christ cruci- fied is so true and, at the same time. 60 evident, tuat Iam sure ] would lose my own soul if 1 denied it. Is it any wonder that I am anxioug. and ready to make this truth. nown to my own people? “God forbid that I shoul glory save jn the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ;”’ but ev I dafego say that, as far as mere human learn- ing goes, I Aff able to prove all that l proiess to beueve. Whether ouf Lord will make use o! me or not 1 leave to His own blesséd will 1 (pray. all good Christians who may chance to read this to commend my desires to the Divine mercy in their beavers and good works, and to give me their aid and encouragement in a mission so honorable to our holy faitn, and if by my humble Jabors even one only of the Jost sheep of the house of Israel be brought back imto the one true ioid of our Lord Jesus Christ I shall count myself and all Ido as more than fully rewarded. EMMANUEL HENRY SCHLAMOVITZ. Pavuist CoNVENT, Filty-ninth street and Ninth avenue, The Week of Prayer. Meetings will be hela on the evenings of the current week, at halt-past seven, in the order of the following churches:—Church of the Strangers, Spring street (Presbyterian); Macdougal street (Baptust) ; Greene street (Methodist Episcopal) and Canal street (Presbyterian), the pastors of which will preside in turn. The first of these will thus be heid on Monday night in the Charch of the Strangers (Rev. Dr. Deems). There will also be a noon prayer meeting during every day of tms week in canal street Presbyterian church, entrance No, 17 Greene street, to allof which the public are cor- dially invited. The Case of the Rev. C. E. Cheney. A commission has been sent to J. E. Wilkins, Barrister of the Inner Temple, from the Circuit Court of Illinois, United States, to take the evi- dence of the Bishop of Exeter, Dean Staniey ana the Rey. T. W. Mossman, of Torrington, in Lincoln- shire, upon various points of Church history and canon law, as bearing upon the important ecclesi- astical suit which has been pending for some years between Bishop Whitehouse, of Illinois, and the Rev. C. E, Cheney, of Chicago, one of his clergy. ‘The insertion of Dr. Tempie’s and Dean Stanley's names in this commission speaks for itself, The mention of Mr. Mossman’s name, we suppose, is due to the publication ol his “History of the Early Church,’ in which he treats of the original organization of the Christian ministry and the rise and growtnof episcopacy and canon law. Dr. Pusey on Confession. Dr. Pusey has made public a document setting forth the views which he and his cosignataries entertain on the subject of confeasion and absolu- tion thus:— ‘They lieve anc confess” that Christ has in- stituted “a special means for the remission of sin after baptism and for the relief of consciences, which special means the Charch of England retains ard administers as part of her Catholic heritage.” This “special means’ is defined to be absolution. The last clause of the declaration is a qualilying one, The signitarles say:—‘While we hoid that the jormularies of the Church of England do not authorize any pr.est to teach that private coa- fession 18 @ condition inaispensable to the fot- iveness of sin after baptism, and that the Churen of England does not justify any parish priest in requiring private coniession as a condl- tion of receiving Holy Communion, we also hold that all who, under the circumstances anove stated, claim the privilege of private confession are entitied to it, and that the clergy are directed under certain circumstances to ‘move’ persons to such confession. Ininststing on this as the plain meaning of the authorized language of the Church of Engiand we believe ourselves to be discharging our duty as her faithful ministers,” The signatures are almost exclusively those of the most pronounced members of the High Anglican party. They include those of Dr. Benson, Mr. Car- ter, Archdeacon Charton, Archdeacon Denison, Canon King, Mr. Liddell, Ganon Liddon, Mr. Mac+ Coll and Mr. Mackonochie. Canon Gregory's name does not appear. Prosecution of Prelates in Prussia. The German government has obtained a convie tion against another Catholic prelate. The Bishop of Bresiau has been condemned to pay a fine of £1,140, or in defauit suffer two years’ imprison- ment, for 29 infractions of the new laws against the Church. The Uatholics have resolved to put every German bishop forward at the approaching elections as candidate for the Reichstag. Tbe object is two- fold: first, to obtain the moral effect consequent . upon their elecrnion; s*cona, to secure their im- munity as legislators against judicial proceedings’ Movements and Changes. BABTIST. Nine persons were baptized in Roxborough Bap- tist church, Philadeiphia, last Sunday evening; 12 persons were baptiz:d in the Berean church, Phila- deiphia, aiso on last Sabbath. The new Baptist church in Manatawna, Philadelphia, was dedicated on Thursday—New Year’s Day. Rev, W. 5. Crow- ley, pastor, was taken illin this church during his sermon of last Sunday evening. Ten converts were baptized in the Frankiord Baptist church, Philadelphia, last Sunday evening; eight were bap- tized also at the same time in the Fiftieth Baptist church; six converts were received into the Church at Monongahela City last Sunday; five Were baptized in the Thirty-seventh street Baptist eburch, Pittsburg, and eight in the Sharpsburg (Pa.) church on Sabvath, December 21; at Haddon- fleld, N. J., four were baptized last Sunday. The Baptist church at Lafayette, Ind., has secured the pastoral services of Rev. J. W. T. Booth, of Mans- field, Ohio, to replace Dr. Pearson, of Pittsburg. Rev, F. K. Roberts assumed the pastorate of the Marshall street church, Minneapolis, Minn., Decem- ber 21. During the last 11 years there have been distributed from the mission presa of Rangoon 19,407,773 pages of the Scriptures and 32,418,394 pages of tracts. Rev. Mr. McFarian, formerly astudent in Spurgeon’s College, London, has be- come pastor of the Baptist church in Port Huron, Mich. Rev. Peter Keay, of St. Andrew’s, N, B., re- turning from Frederickton, N. B., on the 30th ult., slipped irom the platiorm of the railroad car at McAdam junction just a3 the car was moving. His bead was severed from his body by the cars passing over him. Rev, A. R, R. Crawley, a re- turned missionary of the Baptist Society, intends to go again to his foreign feld of labor during this month, Rev. George Armstrong, of Bridgeton, N. 3B, bas accepted a call to the Baptist church at Sydney, ©. B, The Bithesda Baptist Mission of this city is to be removed shortly to a chapel on Thirty- third street, between Second and Third avenues, Kev. Dr, Samson has suxzgested to the Baptist Mis- sionary Union of this city the expeuiency of estab- lishing an italian mission here, and inviting Father Grassi, 01 Rome, Italy, to take charge of it, A com- mittee has the matter under advisement. The Fist Bapust cnurch of Detroit are trying to get Dr. 5. D, Pheips, of New Haven, to ve their pastor, Rev. A. C. Osborne, of Brooklyn, will to-day be installed pastor oj the South Baptiste church, Twenty-uith Street, in this city. The Kev, Mr. De Wolt, of Koches- ter Theological Semimary, hag received a cordial invitation to become pustor of the First Baptist church of Flatbush, Brooklyn,» The Rev. W,. W. Williams bas taker charge of the Baptist church at Catskill, N.Y. The Key, A, M. Prentice, 01 Rhine- beck, accepts a call to Brockport, N. Y. The Tren- ton (N, J.) Baptst Ministerial Conierence have sent a memorial to the New Jersey Legislature petitioning against the proposed constitutional amendment, which makes all church prop- erty subject to taxation. Rev, Dr. ‘thomas, the newiy elected pastor of the First Baptist church, Brooklyn, will be formaliy inducted into office to-day, in the church on Pierrepont street. Mr. Spurgeon's healta is re- ported to be so poorly that he can attend oniy the Sabbath services. The other meetin.8 are con- ducted by otier ministers, Hanson place saptist church took in nine persons by bapiisim last Sun day. Kev. J. J. White recently vaptized 14 at Avoca, N. Y. Rev. J. F. Fay has removed from Wayland to Kalamazoo, Mich., and become pastor of tue Second Baptust church. Rev. G. P. Watrous, of Mansfield, has accepted a call and enters on his duties at Canton, Ohio, to-day. Kev. T. I. Kutchin, lately a Methodist minister, has joined the Bap- tists at Fond du Lac, Wis. Twenty-seven Baptist associations in Indiana report @ vet loss of 1,011 last year on & membership Of 37,121; 1,833 were added by baptism, 569 died during the year and 756 were excinded. Rev. James G, Portman has removed from Benton Harbor, Mich,, and taken charge ol the church at Goshen, Ind. Rev. Theo- dore T. Potter, late of Warrenville, has accepted acall irom the Baptist churcn at Mendota, LL, lately vacated by Kev. W. M. Haigh. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephen’s church, is the only member of the Bureau of Charities of this city. Bishop De Grosbriand, of Burlington, Vt, ts expected home irom kurope about Easter. Bishop Hendricken has returned from Canada, where he received a cordial reception from Catholics. Rev. William O'Mahoney, 01 Canada, tas come to the United States on a “mission.” The Kev. M. Breunun has been elected President of St. Ma- Jachy’s Society of St. Louis. Rev. Jobn W. Nealis has ‘been appointed pastor of the missions in Faxon, Jessenland and Henderson, Minn. Canon Roche 13 deceased in Dublin, aged eighty-three years. The Catholic Church is making numerous converts in India. The propaganda has a staff in that country which has fur its chief the Arch- bishop of Goa, under whom are no lewer than 19 bishops én partibus, with between 80 and 900 priests. The returns made by the bishops bring the total of beitevers a little over 1,000,000, being tour times the number of Protestant native Curistians. The Archbishop of Puris, acting, it 18 be- lieved, under advice from Rome, has ordered that the Gallican liturgy, which has been used in the Catholic churches of Paris and other parts of France since 1735, snall be superseded by the Koman liturgy. The collection in the Soston Pro-Cathedral on Christmss Day amoonted to $1,827. kev. H. McMahon, \late of Cedarburg, Wis., has been removed to franklin, Milwaukee goonty, Wisconsin, The German bish- ops propose sending to the Pope a memorial, en- treatiug His Holiness to order the continuation of the process oi canonization of Blessed Albert Mag- nus, and also of the investigation as to his right of being accorded the title of Doctor of the Church. There are only 30 Catholic bishops in Spain, five of whom pare joined the Carist insurrection. Bishop Dubois, Garg ton, foxes, 1s about to leave France, whé as tebided Tor some time past, and return to his diocese. He will be accom- panied by 22 ecclesiastics and 18 nuns, who have volunteered to leave their country for the Ameri- can mission. A magnificent shrine of gold and silver has been recently constructed at Milan to contain @ portion of the minor relics of St. Am- brose, the great Doctor of the Church and patron ot that city. The city of Richmond, Va, has a Catholic population of 4,583 souis, divided into three parishes, Euch parish has two parochtal schools—one for boys, tue other for girls. In these schools 925 children are taught, and there are not more than 20 Catholic children going to the public schools. The authorities of Bavaria have made a distinction between the Redemptorisis ‘and the Jesuits, in favor o1 the former, whom they have permitted to remain in the kingdom. The editor of tne Louisville (Ky.) Catholic Advocate having lately published certain articles withvut the ap- proval of the Bishop of the diocese, the official ap- proval of the journal by that prejate has been withdrawn, ‘The editor does uot worry muco, but announces his intention to continue to pubiish an independent orthodox Catho- lic paper. Mr. Benjamin Keiley, brother of A. M. Keiley, Mayor of Richmond, was ordained priest in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday last. The pastoral letter for advent of the Bishop of Piazza Armerina, Napies, Italy, has been confis- cated by the Italian government, pay because it contained a phrase designating the Pope as “the august prisoner of the Vatican.” There were 700 communicants at St. Ignatius’ church, Baltimore, Christmas morning. Archbishop bayley will ad- minister confirmation in St. Ignatius’ church, Bal- timore, on Sunday, January 11. St. Ann’s cuurch, on the York road, Baltimore, will be dedicated by Archbishop Bayley on Sunday, February1. Rev. Henry A. Gallagher, recently ordaised priest in Brooklyn, has been assigned to the Church of SS, Peter and Paul, Williamsburg, Rev, Father Malone pastor. PRESBYTERIAN. The two Presbyterian churches in Nashville are both flourishing, so much so that a secession irom both churches has resulted in the establishment of @ tiird presbyterian church, with @ membership of 40, Rev. Henry A. Stebbins, of Riverdaie, 18 to be installed, pastor ot Grace Presbyterian church at Oswego, N. Y., to-day. The Kvangelist publishes a list of 63 Presbyterian ministers who died in the United States during the year 1873, ‘the New York Sunday School Union is likely to be disbanded shortly. The Baptists have already withdrawn their influence and aid, and now the Presbyterians have determined to withdraw and to manage their own Sunday school afairs themselves. ‘The ab- surdity of denominational distinctions was made sublimely manilest recently in Crab Orchard, Ky., where the Assembly Presby.erians organized a church with 10 members and the Southern Pres- byterians organized another with seven members, Seventeen Presbyterian Christians could not wor- ship peaceably together in one building, but must provide two, with the additional expense at- tached, Filteen persons united with the Fifth Presbyterian church, Chicago, at its last communion; 12 of them heads of tamilies. The Seventh Street church, Washington, has changed its name to that o! the Wesumimister Presbyterian church. The Seventh Presbyterian church at In- dianapolis received at its last communion 20 per- sons. Perryton church, Mercer county, Iilinois, has recently been revived by the addition of six persons on profession. ‘Ine church at Livermore, Cal, is about completing a new house of worsnip, to cost $4,000, The new German Presbyterian chapel erected at Portland, Oregon, under the superintendence of Rey. H. Gans, and situated about 11 miles northward of the city, is nearly ready Jor dedication. ‘The Rev. John ft. Young, of Clyde, N. Y., has accepted a call to the Presby- terian church, at Tecumseh, Mich. The Rey. S. F. Bacon, late of Cariton, has accepted the call of the First. Presbyterian church of Holley, Orleans county, N. Y. Rev. J. 8. L. Tomb, late of Wynants- kill, has removed to North Chatham, Columbia county, N. Y. Rev. J, P, Dysart has left the Sprague Presbyterian church ot albany, N, ¥. Rey. Charles Shelling, formeriy of the lethodist Episcopal Church, now pastor of the Presbyterian church, Sacramento, has been elected Chaplain of the California State Ass mbly. EPISCOPALIAN, There is to be a new Episcoy cathedral church at Edinburgh, the cost ol which will exceed £65,000, Tue late Miss Walker, of Coates, leit tue money for the purpose. ‘The diocese of Wisconsin is ty choose @ Bishop on February 11, in the piace of Bishop Ar- mitage, deceased. Dr, De Koven, of Racine, who barely escaped being made Bishop of Massachu- etis. and Dr, Thompson, of Christ church, New Ministerial —- York city, are the leading candidates for the va- cant Bishopric. The Churchman reports the fo! lowing uccessions to the clerical list 01 the diocese of Delaware since the last Convention, viz. :—The Rev. Messrs. James H. &. Brooks, rector of St. Luke's, Seaiord: L. W. Gibson, rector of Christ's church, Dover; Wilitam ©. Batler, rector of Sr. Anu’s, Appoquinimink ; Dudley DP. Smith, rector of Christ church, Christiana Hundred, and wy ordination) George W. Johnson, rector of St. George’s, Indian River. The diocese of Ken- tucky has 47 clergy and 39 congregations and 3,678 communicants. The churches in Louisville number 1,926 communicants, and Lexington, Newport, Covington, Henderson and Paducah together joot up 1,232, 50 that the remain- ing parishes are numerically weak. The Rev. Les- ter Dorman, of Mupehester, and the Rev. H. Whitlock, of Rockville, were recently ordained at Middietown by Bishop Wuiltams, ol Connecticut. The Bishop of New Jersey, in St. Mary’s church, Buriiaason, recently admitted to the Order of Dea- cons Mr, George W. G. Van Winkle, of Jersey City He ghts, and advanced to the priesthood the Rev. Samuel Gregory Hines, deacon, minister of St. Stepnen’s church, Florence. A great Protestant Meeting is to be held in London January 27 to ex- press English sympathy with Germany in tts strug. gle with the Papacy. The Church of England has built during the present century 4,100 new churches—recently at the rate of 120a year. One hundred millions Of dollars bave been expended in this way, or at the rate o! $3,000,000 a year ior 100r 16 years past. 1ETHODIST. Ps Our Methodist exchanges ior the past week con- tain statistics of 1,911 conversions in diilerent Meth it Episcopal churches throughout the country during the present revival season. Bishop Andrews and Rev. H. T. Davis are to officiate at the dedication of the new Metiodist Episcopal church, Weeping Water, Ned., January 1% ‘The new church at Bayport, L. I., on the Sayville Charge, Rev. 8. Kristellar, pastor, will be dedicated to-day by Dra. E. O. Haven and W. ©. Steele, of this city. The Rey. Andrew Doel, ot Diss, Noriolk, has se- ceded trom the Baptist Church and joined bimeelf to the Weslevans, He was educated at Spurgeon’s Tabernacle Coilege. Bishop Foster had a 1ormal reception from his friends in Cincinnati on Friday, at the Old Wesley chapel, und measures were taken to procure tor him a suitable Episcopal resi- dence, v, Willtam Wilson, of the North Indiana Conlerence, has been compelled by continued tll health, to resign his charge, Bluffton Station, Rev. Dr. Nelson, of this city, leit during the week on an official visit in the interest of the Book Concern to the Southern Conierences. He will be absent about a month, Drs. Dashiel and Eddy, missionary secretaries, have also gone on & month’s tour among the Southern Conierences in behall of the Missionary Society, Dr, 0. H. Tiffany cele- brated his silver wedding on Friday, December 26, The new Methodist Episcopal church at Middle- town, N. Y., was dedicated last Sunday by Bisbop Janes and Dr. Curry. Dr. Newman, wien re- turning from Tsien Fu to Shanghae, Octo- ber 40, was thrown from a wild Mongolian horse and suffered a fracture of the clavicie, near the leit shoulder; but alter six days’ coniinement he was able wo resume his journey. Rev. J. D. King, of the New Jersey Conlerence, has gone to Caitiornia for the benedt of his health. At Osage City, Linwood aud Peoria, Kansas, church erections are going lorward, Bisiop Merrill 1s to open the Louisiana Conierence at Baton Kouge, January 7. Rey. J. A. Lansing bas been transierred by Bishop Haven trom the New England Conierence to the Georgia Conference, and stationed at Atlanta, Bishop Andrews has transferred Rev. R. H. Sparks from the North Indiana Conierence to the Upper Jowa Conierence and __ stationed him = at Iowa = Cuty, The new _ Meth- odist Episcopal church at Alourgn Centre, Vu, was dedicated on New Year's Day. The Louisiana Coulerence has an eloquent colored preacher who 1s blessed with the grandiloquent name oi Emperor William, with the prefix reverend, Rey. T. D. Sieeper has been transierred by Bishop Scott from Mullica Hill charge to Moorestown charge, New Jersey Conference, Grace Methodist Episcopal church, Jacksonville, il. is to dedicated, The Christian Guardian gives the following re- turns, so far as they are heard from, of the vote in the Wesleyan quarterly meetings of Canada on union:—Toree hundred and eighteen quarterly Meetings reported vote as foilows:—For union with £astern British America—yeas, 316; nays, 2. For union witn the New Connection—yeas, 3u8; nays, 10, For representation in the General Conierence instead of the veto power of the quarterly meet. } ings—yeas, 292; nuys, 28, Change in the constitu. tion of the quarterly meetings—yeas, 292; nays, 26, For lay representation, whether there is union or not—yeas, 263; nays, 56. There are a consideraple number of circul.s that have not yet reported, Rev. J. J. Brown, Projessor 01 Syracuse University, has been appointed assistant astronomer on the government expedition to take observations on the transit of Venus, MISCELLANEOUS. Faith 1s an especially important element in the lives of the Lutheran ministers in Missouri. Of the 475 im the Missouri Synod there are not 10 who receive more taan $1,000; not 20 who receive $1,000; not 100 who receive more than $500; the Test receiving $500 and less, or, indeed, $200 and less, Sixty-one Congregational ministers died during the past year; the average age of 51 was 67 years, 10 were upwards of 80 and 2 were 90 and upwards. Seventy-two new churches were organized. Rev. O. J. caus, District Agent of the American Bible Society ior Northeastern New York, reporis @ total of $24,013 04 from his fleld tor the Bible cause during the year. Rev. James Marshall resigned his pastorate of Warren street Congregtional church, Brooklyn, last Sunday, Rev. 8S, G, Clark has removed to Brooklyn Village, Ohio, from Highland, Kausas. Kev. Charles Kings- ley, of England, is soon to visit the United States as a lecturer, Centenaty Church, Newark, Dr. Chambers, pastor. is enjoying growing prosperity, the membership going within five years from 35 to 260, Kev. ‘Phwbe A. Hanatord, the pastor of the Universalist church at New Haven, accepts her call to the Unitarian church, Jersey City, but she will not leave her present church, over which she has been settled for three years, until April. kev. J. B. Miller, of New Franklin, Ohio, bas been appointea financial agent oi the Lutheran Board adlication. Rev. K. J. Wolf, of Baltimore, Md., has accepted the Professorship of Church History in Gettysburg Theological Seminary, and will enter eal bis duties April 1. Rev. S. Kaufman, for- erly of Merophis, has been elected minister of the Congregation “Bnaj Abraham,” Portsmouth, Ohio. Rev. J. Schwed, the Jewish minister o! Charleston, W. Va., recently opened both branches of the State Legislature with prayer, The California Congregational churches have taken a step for- ward in pene a Woman’s Board of Missions for the Pacific Coast, and already local auxiliary societies are forming at different points. The jnestion of union between the American and ‘oreign Bible Society and the Baptist Bible Union is being considered by committees {rom the Boards of the two societies. LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGUE, —__+__—. Unbelief and Its Consequences Illas~ trated by the Fate of the Jewish Spies of the Land of Canaan—Discourse by Rev. Dr. Huebsch. Dr. Huebsch yesterday preached as usual a prac- tical discourse which was attentively listened to by a large congregation. His subject was the con- sequences of unbelief as illustrated in the fate of the spies. His text was Numbers xiv., 7“—And they spoke unto all the company of the children of Israel saying, The land which we passed through to search itis an exceeding good land; if the Lord delight in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. Only rebel not ye against the Lord.” Had Israel displayed such a development of faith as the manifested mercy of God required of them, the Doctor remarked, they would have followed in confidence their appointed leaders, Moses and Asron, and the desire to explore the Land of Canaan would never have entered their minas, But a certain distrust which lurked in the depths of their hearts prompted them to propose to Moses the appointment of a party to search out the land, to ascertain and report by what way they might go up and into what cities they should enter. ‘ihe roposal pleased Moses, because he was glad to ave to show them by their own chosen messen- gers what AN EXCELLENT INHERITANCE God had in store fortnem. He hoped also that they who could not be induced by the miracies in Egypt, by the revelation in sinai and by all the mighty acts of the Lord to put their trust in Him might be converted to a truer faith and a stronger trust in the Lord by the favorable report that they might receive and by the near prospective entrance of the army and nation into the Promised Land. 'y This measure, too, was to be the last test of the fitness of that generation to enter into the goodiy land. It only proved their unfitness, They could not enter in because of unbelief. Wherein the in- clination of the heart and the conviction of the mind fail to bring men near to God, material hopes and worldly interests will not succeed in produc- ing in them @ true attachment to the Creator. Man’s best hopes when coupled with distrust ana unbelief are but empty dreams, and the successes, if there be any, thus accomplished are so wrought by one’s own strength and not by His he!p, whose alone is the might and the majesty and the glory forever, The appointed messengers explored the land for 40 days, and brought home samples of its excellent fruit; but, at the same time disbelief in- Stilled its bitter essence of distrust and discourage- ment into their report. ‘The land,” said they, *4 good, Nevertheless, tue people that dwell in it are strong, and the cities are walled and great.” This Was not part oi their mission, It was not for them to decide whether they should suc- ceed in the proposed expedition, That was en- tirely dependent upon Him who had conquered for them greater and mightier enemies than the strong people of Canaan, They nad to think of Him who had crushed and annihilated the mighty power of the infidel Kgyptian monarch and divided tne raging sea, so that the peopie might pass over. But there were two among the explorers who brought a different report in une excellent words which form the text. But the people were too blinded to hear the voice of truth. Caleb and Joshua pleaded in vain and assured the en Mo) to tion »that the power of God 18 more irresistibie than ali human strength, The people were, how- ever, too deeply sunk in faithlessuess and were much more inclined towards the report of the faithiess than of the faithful messengers. Forty years’ wandering through the desert jor the forty days’ expiorarions, was the sentence of the Lord tor their unbelief.’ ‘Ihe whole generation had te o in whe wilderness aud a new generation, growa were to enter the lund. in nit application the a in his application ti Doctor remarked that many men have to pay fora day of unbelief and distrust with a year and some- times with a life Of sorrow. There is no man who has not his twolold inheritance, bis spiritual and Worldly portion, aad each of us has his Moses and Aaron appointed by God to jead him in the right path cow desirable end. Duty is our prophet and conscience is our high priest, Whoever follows them reaches safely the blessed goal; but want of Jaith causes us to ThUrmMUr Against our guides. We send our own messengers to explore ior us the promised land; our wishes, our plang are entirely at vanance with the dictates of duty and cone science, and bear a decided and tmposing influence over us. We trust their false report, but the two messengers, Caleb and Joshua—moral cow and trust in God—are not heard and followed us. How can we expect to enjoy Our worldly por tion if we forsake THE FOUNTAIN HEAD OF ALL BLESSING? Wherever a man stands the piece Of earth thas his eye encompasses 1s his horizon and 1s bordered with heaven, To tear asunder heaven and earth is to destroy our own world, “I say of the earth’? said the Doctor, with Caleb and Joshua, “The land which we passed througn to search it is am exceeding good land.” But, at the same time, with Caleb and Josbua, I share the belief, “Ii the Lerd delighteth in us, then He will bring us into this land,” and with them I admonish my Israel, “Only rebel not ye against the Loid.”” There can be no periect worldly nappiness without @ true attach- ment to the eternal source of happiness—to God. THE LARDAULETTE CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Edmunds’ Independence. {From the Burlington (Iowa) Gazette.] Senator Edmunds is blamed by the Presiden® with the most of the disgraceful delay in the con firmation of Williams. Grant has fastened upon him ag the guilty one, without taking time to con- sider that possibly Edmunds is a representative of quite @ number o/ other of the “loyal” and “ultra loyal.” Edmunds was by no means the first Senator to lift his voice against the con- firmation, but he is the chairman of that pestiferous Judiciary Committee, which, with inquiring turn of mind, has gone about raking up reasons why the asunguished Oregonian is not only unfit to be Chief Justice, but also to be Attore ney General, or to huld any other otice in the gifs of the Hxecutive or the people. Being such chair- man, Edmunds is held responsible for all this un- toward conduct. Under the circumstances, of course it becomes the President’s painiul duty to make an awiui example ot this person, which it 19 understood he will proceed at once todo, Senator Edmunds has conducted bimself as no true repub- lican Senator ought, and he will ve made to feel the weight of the displeasure of the White House manager of the party. The Bitter Troubles of President Grant. (From the Vicksburg Herald.) The troubles of the President’s favorite for the Chier Justiceship seem to multiply, Oregon ex~ poses corruption and fraud, Iowa shows that three-fourths of his decisions while on a circuit in that State were reversed by the Supreme Court, & London etter exhibits his ignorance and inca- pacity for any prominent legal position, and now comes a cominittee of investigation on the part of Congress, wit a receipt from William Joyce for $1,600 paid ous of the National Treasury jor one landauiette or carriage purchased by Mrs, Williams, the ruling power behind the throne, who has already shed tears oi bitterness and woe over the coftting of several husbands. [his last disclosure produces a growing uneasiness in the Presidential household, yet the President shows no signs of weakening in the least. Indeed, though ex- tremely sensitive on the question oi the confirma- tion, he takes occasion to speaX out plainly and Tather bluntly his contempt for those Senators who are not disposed to endorse and approve his taste and judgment in the affair, He speaks more in anger ‘than in sorrow, and his fee!ings are tre- quently irritated by surprise at the audacity of « tew of those who have not heretoiore been blessed with @ great deal of independence. Grant’s Dogged Obstinacy. (From the Canandaigua Messenger.) Attorney General Williams has not yet been con. firmed as Chief Justice, the Senate hesitating to consummate so ungraceful an act in the face of overwhelming evidence of his utter unfitness for the high position, as well on account of inferior legal qualifications as other objections founded on transactions in Wisconsin and Oregon with which ns name is associated, invoiving tis honor and in- tegrity as a man, The President, with dogged ob- stinacy, persists in furcing the Senate to a vote instead of respecting the popular judgment against the appointment as one uafit to be made and withdrawing the nomination, and it rema.ns to be seen whether the Bench aud Bar are to be humiliated and insulted and the country outraged by the triumph of Executive dictation or whetaer Senators possess sullicient courage to assert their independence and reject an appointment which their honest judginent must condema, A Superficial Upstart. [From the Rutland Herald.) The office of Chief Justice has ever been regarded by our people with a respect which foreign writers describe as amounting to veneration. It adds dig- nity to the Court, and while we should not be will- ing to consent to its abolition as a distinct office, we do think that it would add greater dignity to the Court and strengthen the regard of the peopie if the incumbent was required to possess some experience upon the bench before he was called to preside it. The duty of selecting good men, of ability and learning for Judges is as strong as that of selecting a proper man jor Uhief Justice, and certainly a man to be fit ior a Judge ougnt to be it, with experience, tor Chief Justice; therefore it might be policy to change our system so as to have the Judge of the Court having served the longest be the Chiet Justice, This would forever remove any possibility of such men as Nathan Clif ford, Samuel ¥,. Miller, Noah H. Swayne, David Davis or Ward Hunt being placed in an inierior po- sition on the Bench they have honored Jor years to some superficial upstart like bolt H. Wile liams. If Mr, Williams is confirmed it willbe strong argument in favor of trying so make some such change. A Republican Paper Wants Him Kee jected. {From the Norwich Bulletin, republican.] If the President is the Executive we think he is he is desirous of having the Senate do their duty in rejecting Mr, Williams if they regard it an im- proper appointment, as he performed nis duty in nominating him ior the Office. Belheving that Mr. Williams will pot be confirmed, we do not think half as much of the charges against his character as of his mental unfitness, Tue greater deiect is in danger of being overlooked in making promi- nent the defects of character. Let the Senate con- fine itseif to his rejection on the former ground and the right thing will be accomplished in the proper way. Searching for Landaulctte Precedents. The Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette says that Williams has been searching for landaulette precedents, and thus apologizes for him:— Williams has done nothing more than follow the general custom ol! the staff officers of the present aaministraiion. It has become customary for several of the Cabinet Ministers and a great num- ber of officials of lower rank to keep stylish car- Tiages for the use of their ,amilies and to detail Messengers Whose Rhames are upon the pay rolls ol the departments to periorm the wuties of coach- ao ee domestic servants at the homes of such officials, The Difference—Genet vs. Willams. [From the Timn (Ohio) Advertiser.) Henry W. Genet, a Tweed politician in New York, used the public funds to putid himself a house, and on belng brought to trial was found guilty of felony ior doing so, The democrats control New York. George H, Wiliams, Attorney General ofthe United States, took $1,600 from the public funds to buy himself and wife a carriage, and President Grant rewards him by nominating him as Chief Justice o¢ the Supreme Court of the United States, and insists that he shall be confirmed by the Senate. The diflerence in the treatment of rascals should be apparent to the most prejudiced Tain The President Attempting to Force an Improper Man Upon the Country. (From the Huntington (L. I.) Democrat.) ‘The people have not lost sight of the fact that the President of the United States is attempting to force an imaproper man upon the country for Chief Justice. To the credit of the Senate, let i¢ be said, that up to tnis time the nomination of Wiliams bas not been confirmed. shoud the Senate withstand the blandishments and the threats of the White House, that body will know that their course will be commended by nine- tenths of the people, independent ot party. A Party to Fraud. {From the New Orleans Ptcayune.] His career as Attorney General furnisies abund- ant evidence that he is swift to prostitate what- ever legal attainments he may possess to the ser- vice of the Executive; to pervert and even to ignore the most ordinary principles of law in the Interest of a party or @ faction. It was Williams who furnished Grant with the legal opinion on which he lent the military forces of the United States to the conspirators, who, by armed violence and judicial fraud, overthrew the government of Louisiana and stifled the voice of her people. If the nomination of this person should be suffered to die in comiuittee or be inominivusly rejected tue country will h some reason to be thankfuk that the Sepate has a deceut respect for public ODINIODs .

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