The New York Herald Newspaper, January 18, 1874, Page 4

£ RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. January 18-Religious Ex- ercises To-Day. ——— HERALD RELIGIOUS COMMUNICANTS. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. “Liberty of Thought and the Catholic Church’ will be fully presented by Rev. J. L, Spalding, S. T L., this evening, in St. Teresa’s. In the Washington Heights Methodist Episcopai church (Rey. Thomas Lodge, pastor) General Clin- ton B. Fisk and otuers Will advocate the extension of the Church and of the city missions, “The Standing and Responsibility of the Bap- tized" wil be treated upon by Rev. GC. A. G, Brig- am, in the Catholic Apostolic church, this evening. Rey. Dr. S. H. Tyng, Jr., preaches at half-past seven P. M. in Cooper Unton Hall. A sermon in aid of the charities of St. Jonnland will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Kramer, in the chapel o/ St. Luke's Hospital, at half past three P. M. In the Chureh of St. Mary the Virgin to-day there | wil be @ high celebration and sermon at hal!-past acn A, M, and Vespers at four P. M. Rev. M. Cohen Stuart will preach at St. Paul's | (Reformed) this morning, at a quarter beiore eleven, and lecture to young wen, in Association Hall, in the evering. Confirmation by the diocesan Bishop this eve ing im the Church of the Reformation. Rey. Mr. | ‘Tracy preaches in the morning. | In Berean Baptist church Rey. Mr. Davies will conduct the customary worship. Tue Youths’ Misstoaary Assoctation connected With the Fourteenth street Presbyterian church ‘Will be addressed by the Rev. Dr. Crosby and Rey. Mr. Sloss, the pastor, at the anniversary exercises this evening. Services in the English tongue in the Russo- Greek chapel at eleven A, M, Rev. Mr. Sweetser will this morning tell the Bleecker street Universalists “How to Get Into Heaven.” ‘The Bedford Street Praying Band will conduct the special services in the Methodist Free Taber- nacle to-day, at hall-past ten A M. and three and halt-past seven P. M. “Moral Courage and Moral Cowards” is Rey. Mr. Stewart’s morning subject in the West Twenty-dith street United Presbyterian church, The Universalists inaugurate popular services in the Cooper Union at three o’clock to-day, Kev. H. R. Nye preaching. The ‘Irish evangelist, Rev. J. C. Needham, | preaches morulng and evening in the Seventeenth | street Baptist temple. “Why the Lost Must Fall” is the evening subject of Rev, Wayland Hoyt in Steinway Hall. Rey. Mr, Ganse will, at eleven A. M,, show the Madison avenue Reformers “How God Guides men.” There willbe “recognition” services this morning in the Laight street Baptist church, Addresses by Rey. Dr. Fulton, of Brooklyn, and Rev. S. J. Knapp, | ol Paterson, N. J. Rev, Mr. Steel will give “God’s Sermon to Young Men” this evening in Beekman Hill Methodist church, Rev. J. B. Green, of Chelsea, Mass., preaches Morning and evening in All Souls’, Mrs. Dr. Lozier will lecture upon “The Half Orphancy of the Nation” in De Garmo Hall this evening. Other services at hali-past ten A. M. and hall-past two P. M. Rey. Dr. Osborn will preach in the South Baptist chureh at the usual hours, morning and evening. Rev. Mr. Dawson, in the Church of Carist. Rev. Mr. Evans, in the Central Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Hamilton, in the Scotch Presbyterian cburel tm Fourteenth street, Rey, Dr. Miller, in Plymouth Baptist church, ana | Rev. Mr. Mitcl ell, in Canal street Presbyterian church, The relations between “Universalism and | Morais” will be indicated by Rev. Mr. Pullman, .in the Standard Ciub Hall, this evening. Rev. Mr. Corbit preaches this morning and even- ing in De Kalb avenue (Brooklyn) Methodist church. ‘There will be worship at the usual hours in For- | syth street Methodist church, Rev. Mr. Barnhart | preaching. Kev. Mr. McClelland will minister to the congre- tion of St. Luke's at the moruing and evening ser- | vices. “Tue Hardening of Pharaoh’s Heart” will be the evening subject, by request, of Rev. Mr. Egbert, pastor of Wainwright Memoria: church. Rev. Mr. Hepworth will preach upon special themes at the customary services atthe Church of | tue Disciples, “The Conscientious Man’ ts Rev. Mr. Pycott’s eveuing topic im Cutler Memorial Episcopal church, Brooklyn. Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches morning and evening in the Church of the Resurrection. In Anthon Memorial church there will be public worsuip at hal{-past ten A. M. and halt-past three P.M, the latter a choral service, and Rey. Mr. Newton preaching at both. Trance lectures by Lyman ©. Howe before the | Ryvbinson Hall Spiritualists this moruing and even- ing. ‘Thore will be another Spirttnalist Conference at No. 64 Madison avenue to day, at two o'clock. haker Pentecost. Wanted.—Men, women and children tortable homie tor lie whe! with the shakers, by embracing the true raith nd living pure lives. varticulars can be learned by writing to the shakers, Mount Lebanon, N. ¥. in consequence of the publication on the 7th ult. of the above advertisement in the New Yore HBRALD We received on the 8th 56; 9th, 42; 10th, 23, and 12th, 14—total, 195 letters, containing etther direct applications to join the society or asking in- | formation to that end. Two-thirds of these are jrom young men, and all, with some two or three exceptions, are well written, and slow intelli- gence, culture and earnestness of spirit to find the kingdom of heaven, if it exists upon earth, and to have a lot and place m it. To each of these writers we nave sent pubjications, and have written to as many as time would permit thus far, Many more will be written to, and ail will receive some num- bers of the Shaker and Shakeress, a monthly, pub- lished at fifty cents per annum—F. W, Urews, editor, To these iriends and to all who may con- template “joining tae Shakers” we address the following :— 1. Faith is the first requisite—a belief induced by evidence conseqnent upon rational inyuiry and | scientific investigation that the same Christ Spirit | tat created the primitive Pentecostal Church, composed of Jewish Israelites, has made its “sec- ond advent” upon this earth, and has creaved Pente- costal commeanities Com d of Gentile Israelites, ‘They have “come from the Bast and the West and North and the South, and have sat down in 1d so long Ay ean fiw arise Me ac | } } th ihe kingdom of heaven,” so much prayed ior, Conviction for sin will regnit from faitn, and | obedience to the Christ Spirit will “take away all the sins of the world,” whether physical or spirttaal, of “men, women or children.”’ He that coniesseth and lorsaketh his sins shall fina “an in- heritapce 10 the kingdom of heaven.”? 3. Riches and poverty come from faise organic laws and irom @ large part of the world’s sins. ‘They cause luxury and destitution, wasteful, rot ous living aud pinching starvation; unphystologt- cal food and drinks, Wisich induce the use of poison- ous medicines, extravagant, health-destroym aud body-deforming dresses and a seanty ward- rove and rags. Thus is God dishonored by the sul terings ol humanity, and Christianity has become a byword and a reproach, as being no antidote lor the ilis to whieh flesh is heir. 4. “All things common” —a Pentecostal order—te As possible now, to-day, @8 It ever Was, to those who, before a witness, will “turn the bartie to the gate” and confess thetr individual sins and do | that which is “lawfai and right,” and tuerevy | “save body aud soul alive.” | 5 Now, “the poor and rich have the Gospet | preached unto thew,” and if these rich wiil sell ail tuet they have aad give to these poor, thus level- Jing the moontams and filling up te Valleys, tuere | wilt be a Pentecost—a religious community. ¢é. Be jast towards yourselves and the society with which you are about to unite by collecting god retainiag in your own possession all property, whether in honey, foods or ciothi that vou may be mot only sell-supporting. but a ueip to those Whe Re poorer than yourseivos. fe that ore | they may be known, the former title. | Portance of nobier species. | but ask, where is the Cutuoli: Church? for that ts | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1874.—-TRIPLE SHEET. videth not for Ris own Kindred in the Lord ts worse 1. God’e house, being a house of order, expect to be subject to the laws of the ‘household’ of faith.” Community is sootety in ies, most he a sense Means individual isolation from all human assoctation, Faith makes obedience practical and the burden and yoke thereof easy and 3 8. The probationary member ts expected to place his property in tue bunds of the elders or trustees, returnable, without interest, until, by his own faith and the consent of the authorities, he is priv- ileged to dedicate it, {t does not appear that in the first Pentecost they waited long for that condi- tion of consecration. 9 The society puts confidence in individuals as they gain coniidence in the Pentecostal order of the Church. But the Apanias and Sapplira spirit should remain without. 10, Married persons are not received unless the husband and wife come together; or that they separate by mutual consent or legal agreement, in relation to their marriage, their property and their } eniidren, ll, We neither take nor reject persons because of richea or poverty. Where many embrace our faith at ore time we may not always be able to provide a home for them immediately; but will do the best we can, according to our ability. Those Wishing to Visit should notity us, if possible, before they come; and none should come expecting, if not received, tue society to pay their expenses back, 12. ‘Where a person's treasure is, there will thetr heart be also.” Tuerefore, those who dispose ol their property to relations im the world should remain watt it. 13. Persons who dedicate property and ajiter- wards withdraw may have their property re- turned without Witerest; but it 18 optional with the society. d4. Probationary members sign an agreement, binding themselves to observe the rules of the order during their sojourn or until they are pre- pared to sign the Covenant ol the society. 15, All correspoudence 13 subject to the supervi- : woh elders, Whether letters, &c., be sent or received, 16. AS nO person could join the primitive Quakers or Methodls(s and change from their worldly ways in language, dress and demeanor without safer- ing a degree of death, how much less shall they become “new. ereatures’’ in all things in this Pentecostal Churek, aud not become partakers of the sufferings of Jesus, which He has “left bebind tor His body’s sake,” of which He was only the head. 17. Our worship is in spirit and consists in speaking, pinging, Marching, and sometimes in “batvies of shaking ;” and, again, 10 solemn or joyiul dances, in divers operations, as the spirit moves; and oiten in prayer and sweet spiritual communings. ‘Where the spirit of the Lord 1, there 1s liberty.’ visitors. Casual visitors are expected to pay for their en- tertainment. Parents having children, or persons having rela- tives among believers, are not expected to make those circumstances occasions for rendering our societies places of resort or a visit to the country at the expense of believers, Visitors seeking religious information with a. view of uniting are always welcome, Answer to “Catholic and Not a Jew.” To THE EDIvoR OF THR HERALD :— Your Sunday columns have recently been avalied | Of by some person with the nom de plume of Catho- lic and Not a Jew,” whose chief object seems to be to obtain for self and fellows, by whatever name It may ap- pear unkind to say it, but still one cannot help | pia veing reminded by this writer’s conduct, oi some of Msop’s fables, in which certain small and homely animats are represented as striving to emulate or simulate the beauty, strength and im- If the writer, how- ever, be sincere he may be disabused of the de- lusive hope of attaining his object, and set right on the question as to what denomination owns the name a8 well as the attribute of Catholic, by meditating On the few subjomned quotations Irom two doctors of the Church whose writings are avowedly esteemed even by the Angli: munion, A wealthy and respected firm in 8 1s now issuing translations of their works, and with great care and elegance, lor the Anglicans coniess a great regard tor tue Jathers of the first four or | tive centuries, Aurelius Augustine, then Bishop | ot Hippo (died 450), in his commedttary on St John’s Gospel, chapter 9, thus writes:—‘*There are many things which keep me in the bosom of the Church, * * * The succession of priests | irom Peter himself, the name itself of Catholic keeps me, Which she wlone has preserved amid so | many heresies, so that while all heretics like to be culled Catholics, yet il a stranger asks where 1s the | Catuolic Church’ hone of them dare show his own.’ | One would think he wrote yesterday, instead of 1,400 yeurs ago. Im his ietter to Severinus, No. 1, “sue 1s the Catholic Church, 80 called by a Greck term, because she 1s spread Over the whole earth.” Your correspoudent’s community, lor which he | would claun the seme significant “Greek term,” is | probably confined to a few chapels in London and | New York, In Ins work on “The True Religion,” | chapter 7, the same Saint writes, “We must hold | fast to the Christian religion and the communion | of that Church which is Catholic, ana whica 1s | called Catholic not only by her own children, but | also, Willingly or unwillingly, by all her enemies; | jor even her heretical and schismatical ofspring, when they taik, bot among themselves, but with | all the Catholic Church nothing else | { | in his book On **Pastors,’”’ chapter ys, “The Church 16 everywhere, and so is heresy; but the Church 1s one and the same in all | places, While neresy differs widely in ove place | | Irom What it is in auother, and tuereiore no heresy | can claim the title Catholic.” St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerasalem (died 386), in | nis Catechism, No, 18, thus writes:—“If you are going into s strange city do not ask, where is the church, or Where is the House of God, ior heretic too, claim to have achurch and @ house of Gi the own name of this holy Church, the mother of us | all. If you put your question so, no heretic will suew you his own conveuticle,” A piece of adyi that WI serve the cluigrant to our shores just as | well \o-day. How these holy tathers, translated from the eartit 1,400 years ago, would have reason to bless God if they revisited us now, and found that Providence still preserves tis Church like a city ona mountain (op, a light on the candlestick, revea.- ing herself to the most illiterate even in the very name by wich she is Known ot men! Truly of her it tay be said, one Lame ler but to praise,” for whenever they mention her they give her the noble title of Catholic, and contradict themselves Whenever they would delame her; for to say, for eXample, that the Cutholic Church is idolatrous or superstitions, is the same as to say the Church of Christ is idolatrous or superstitious, since the term Catholic is exclusively the property © and a Ssyhonyme jor the Church of Christ, “the | mother of us aii.” Thus, even though not intend. | ing blasphemy, the reviler of the Church must | needs Use biaspuemous terms! From this also owe | nay whderstand Why it Is thai the Ltalians say the athoue Roman Cuureb,” that is the Chureh Gatoolc and Roman, and not the “Koman Catholic | Church,” as i there were any Cathole Church out | de of that which obeys ‘the succession of priests: ‘om Peter himself.” Hence also it was unneces- sary for the Catholic Review of January 10 to ex- plain that it was not only Cathouc, but Koman Catholic, The Catholic Caurch is one all the worid | over, and one only; this consenting to bear the title of Roman Catholics seems to be accepting | the schismatical position Which English Protestants | wished us to 6 y When they gave us the name, as it Was they who probably did so, since it 18 among Englist speaking peopic tat the term pre- vails. ACADEMIC, | The Catholic Union of New York. At an annual mecting of the Catholic Union of | New York, licid on Wednesday @ idth inst, the following named gentlemen were elected officers | jor the ensuing year;—Dr. Henry J. Anderson, President; kugene Kelly, First Vice Presid Josepn Thoron, Second Vice President; br. E. B O'Cailaghan, Corresponding Secretary; Cuaries N. Morse, Recording Secretary; Willan J. Hughes, ‘Treasure and Dens Qui, Jeremiah Develtn, Jogept J, Marcin, Wiliam Lummis, Lous B. Binsse, members Of the Executive Commucee, Lecture by Father Lake. The Rev. Father Lake, of St. Ann's church, will ver @ Jecture this evening m St. Briaget’s echarch, corner of Kighth street anc avenue B, at hali-past seven o'clock. Subject— Oatholic Church and the Question of the Day.” | Ministerial! Movements and Chan KPISCOPALIAN. \ The Bishop of Chichester, England, has sanctioned the erection of an “altar” in @ chapel attached to a cemetery; a structure, remarcks the Rock, which can only subserve the purposes of fostering a vain and dangerous superstition. The Archbishop of Canterbury has convened a meeting of bishops, to be held at Lambeth Palace, on Tuesday, the 13th of next month, to consider divers weighty and im- portant matters connected with the Church, Rev, K. L. Patterson has been appointe large to the Scandinavian popuiation of Minnesota, Arcudeacon Denison has given up all hopes of the Chureh of England while it coutinaes to be an establishment. His opinion is that a conspiracy exists “to turn everything that may be cavied catholic’? out of that Church, People now talk, be says, “about stamping ritual- ism out jo the same Diasphemous language asthe Privy Council waiked avout stamping out the cattle plague. The London Church Review de- jends devotion to the sacred Heart as an offshoot ol the Coniraternity of the Blessed Sacrament, one of whose rules requires the recital of the litany of the Sucred Heart every Thursday night between eleven and twelve o'clock, The Confraternity of the i} i i X 1 ; formed church, misstonary at | wing Max Miller to preach it is said that ten laymea bacribed $10,000 (nents revival wland, ousand the legality of his allo’ in We th reliable; swearers have learned ; ,drupkaids have been found at instead of at their constant men and women have become re- who @ month ago would have laughed outright at the very of their being converted are now rejoicing in the possession of a present Saviour. This revival, it rere, has come imstrumentuaiity, humanly , of the new Ep: the largest urch 10 Derby, the Kev. Mr. Douglas, a fervent young Scotchman. For the last year he has been preaching like s John the Baptigs, and now he is reaping tue iruits of his labors, CaTHOLIGC, ROMAN A colony is to be formed tn Arizona to which only Roman Catholics will be acceptable. It will start ym St, Louis in February. man Catholics at Faenga, Italy, have all been closed Within the last month. It seems that the italian government has decided upon converting the vast church of St. Iguatius into a public library. The sixth centennary of St, Thomas Aquinas is to be celebrated this Pe with eer pomp and sol- emunity in Rome, Italy, where the Dominican Order hus been so cruelly persecuted and the mother house of the Order suppressed. The Catholic pa- Srp report a list of 1,152 miracles obtained by Our of Lumiéres in the church devoted to her hame in Marseilles, These miracies include 19 dead persons raised to life, 187 blind restored to aight, and other diseases and accidents in proportion—a number in any sil Jar exceeding the miracles pe. propbets, apostles and Christ himself. A col- jection of wonderful and precious relics gath- ered trom Venice and Rome and other parts of fialy are now exposed tu the veneration of Catho- lics' in the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, ‘fhird street, near avenue B. They consist of a por- thon of the true cfoss, # thorn from the crown of thorns and many relics of the Passion, of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the aposties and saints. The Pope made Father Targuimi a caramal to show to the worid his esteem and affection for the persecuted Order 01 Jesuits, to which Father Tar- quini belongs. ‘The collections made in this dto- cese on Christmas Day lor St. Mary’s Diocesan Seminary amounted to $3,251. The long pending Utigauion between Father Slack, of Wilkesbarre, and Bishop O’Hara is about coming to a close, ‘The Bishop has submitted the last of his testimony. Itissaid that he relies chiefly on the testimony ofexperts, as against the statute or canon laws quoted by the priest. Rey. Dr. Wood, Bishop cf Philadelphia, Kev, Dr. Corcoran and Kev. Dr. Keeran, priest of the Cathedral, Philadelphia, have testified as experts in behalf of Bishop O'Hara. The case 18 ole Of great interest, and the decision of the Judge will have important conse- quences. In 1872 there were 1,862 Ruman Catholic priests of all ranks in Great Britain, There are now 1,893. Sixty new priests have been ordained, of whom 11 were Jesults; but, as there were 39 deaths, the net gain is only 21. In 1872 there were 1,245 pub- lic churches and chapels. There are now 1,253. There are 21 colleges, 86 monasteries and 265 convents. Of the priests 611 are “regalars’’—Jesuits, Domini- cans, Franciscans, Passionists and Kedempto- rists, &c., and the remaining 1,382 are “seculars.”” In Englaud alone there are 1,162secular priests and 470 regulars, 20 colleges, 75 monasteries and 247 con- vents. There are 20 archbishops aud bishops in Great Britain; but of these one archbishop and one bishop are retired and two otherg are auxiliary bisnops, ‘There are 18 Roman Catholic chap- luins to the forces, In addition to the 1,253 public churches and chapels there are 247 private chapels in convents or tn the houses of Roman Catholic no- biemen or gentry, making a total of exactly 1,500 es in England and Scotland where mass is said, To-day the Paulist Fathers under Father Deshon will open a niisston in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, in East Boston. They have just closed simuar services wn Ariigton aud Lexington, Mass. METHODIST, > Bishop Haven will preside over a Judicial Con- ference in Chattanooga, Tenn., #ebruary 18, to try the appeai of Rev. H. Stevens, of the Tennessee Conierence. Bishop Merril reached New Orieans January 3, and on Wednesday the 7th opened the Louisiana Conference at Baton Rouge. ‘The Bisho) goes from thence to Aberdeen, Miss., where he to open the Mississippi Conierence on the 2ist inst. Bishop Bowman opened the Texas Conter- ence at Marshall, on the 7th inst. On the 22d inst. he will open the West Texas Conference at san Antonio, and last Thursday he presided over the Southern German Conference at Industry. Dr. T. M. Kady, one of the Missionary secretaries, is visit- ing those Cont Revs. inskip and McDonald sday Of last week a series of services in Tremont street Methodist Episcopal church, Boston. Dr. J. K. Burr, of the Newark Conference, whose health has been very poorly for some time is so far recovered that he will be able to resume pastoral work in the spring. Rev. James Tuurston, of the New Hampshire Conference, has been appointed Inspector of Oustoms at Dover, his neaith not being firm enough jor the reguiar ministry. Rev. R. Whithers. of Clarksville, Ark., a leading member of the Arkan- sas Conlerence Methodist Spiscopal Church South, bas been appointed by Governor Baxter Circuit Judge, to fill the vacancy caused by the assassina- tion of Judge Mears. He was alawyer before he entered the ministry, One ol Bishop Cheney's first oficial acts was to certily to the orders of and transfer Key. Dr. Wm. H. Cooper to the Methodist Chureb. Dr, Cooper, who received his orders from the Chureh of England, lost bis parchments in a shipwreck years ago, He has been engaged in the | | Methodist missions in Mexico, and by this transfer | vi omee & petal ‘ ‘ | and Pharaoh’s sceptical answer, **Who 1s the Lord omes & regular minister of that Church. There ine, A church in South Paris has been pastorless Tr Many months, Fifty-five cjrcuits of the New Conuection Methodists of Canaaa have voted for union with the Wesleyans and oniy eighteen ugainst it. The Methodist Episcopal Cnureh Souch in Texas numpers five conferences, about 250 travelling preachers, 515 local preachers and 47,000 lay members. The Methodist iscopal Chureh since 1866 has grown to three conferences, Wich now include 127 travelling preachers, 830 local preachers and over 15,000 lay members. The colored Methodist organizations not included above report about 13,000 more. These make up & total of 76,000 Methodists, about one-twellth of the population of the State. Kev. Messrs, inskip and McDonald will open @ series of holiness and revival meeungs towday in frown street Metnodist Episcopal churet, Columbus, Ohio. ‘The Foo-Cuow, Cuina, mission of the ' Methodist Episcopal’ Charch has seven Protestant Episcopal districts, 32 circuits, 12 ordained and 15 unordained preachers, besides 41 preachers on trial and 15 local preachers employed, and Zo exborters, e memoers num- ber 1,025 and the probationers 595. Tiree hundred and one children were baptized by the mission- aries during the past year. The conierence prop- erty of the mission is valued at $36,000, Last Sab- bath 50 persons united with the Memorial church, White Plains, N. Y., on probation. A revival still in progress im Hope chapel, Harlem, Rev. N. B. Thomp-on, pastor, has aiready added 25 to the church. 40 have been added; at Durham Bridge, have entered into peace; at Van Evtenville, N, Y., 35 converts are reported, The Brooklyn Young Meu’s Praying Band, W. C. O'Donnell jeader, will condnct the ser- vices’ to-day in St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Jersey City. In biivabeth avenue Metho- scopal cuuren, N ing, 60 persons were ai the ait 35 Of Whom projessed faith in cuurch, Norristown, Wa., has re PRESBYTERIAN, Dr. MeCosh addressed representatives of various Presbyterian bodies last Week in Philadelphia in Javor of @ federal union of Presbyterian churches, Tne proposition was favoraply received. The pas- tors of New York, without distinction of denomi- naton, and represenung various Evangelical eharches, have united ina letter to Dr. Adains, eXxpressivg to him their sincere affection tor bim personally, their high sense of his useruiness, the brightness of bis example and their best wishes and earnest prayers for his continued health and happiness. Rev, Francis A. Horton, of the Re- of Catskill, has accepted a call from the Memorial Presbyterian church, Cleve- Jand, Ohio, Rev. H. B. Rose, of Clear Branch, Va., 1s about to remove to Texas to take charge of the church at Georgetown, Texas. During the past ear the Fourth United Prespyterian churen of 1) Sunday even- ng salvation, rist. Oak street ved 40 converts. Philadelphia, Rey. W. C. Jackson, pastor, has received au accession of ninety-one per- sons to ifs membership. hast = Sabbath twenty-four persons were received into the Allen street. Presbyterian church, New York. By the un- solicited and unanimous action 0: the Presbyterian church of Hazleton, N. Y., Key. J. Allen Maxwell, the pastor, has just received an addition of $500 to his salary. Thirty-four persons have been added to the membership during the brief period that the present pastor has served the society. The ‘Third vresbyterian church, Chicago, Dr. A. b. Kitt- redge, pastor, hOW has a Membership of over 900. | In the past year they contributed an aggregate | amount of about $32,000, of which $14,000 was lor pew rentals, Tne additions to the cuurcu tor the | year amounted to 209. BAPTIST. Rev, A. B. Earl, the successful Baptist revivalist, has been engaged (o conduct union services im the | Plymouth Congregational church, syracuse. Dr. Brown, missionary in Japan, writes home to say that Mrs. Brown's dapanese teacher, Matsumoto, bas renounced idolatry and embraced Christianity. Rev. 5. D. Phelps, D. U., has been invited to take charge of the Jeferson street Baptist churets in Providence, RL. Kev, Emerson Andrews has been preaching with Marked success for the white and colored churches at Savannah, Ga, He is now holding meetings at Jacksonvill:, Fla. The church at Newburyport has reinsed to accept the resigna- uon of Key. G. Miner, and the High street churei, Pawtucket, has taken the same uction in the ease of Rev. W. Cc. Wright. Rev. J. H. Dudley has re- signed the pastoral care of tt rch at East New York, He preached his tarewell discourse on | Sunday evening las » Baprist church at Grand | Rapids, Mieh., have been tor two and a half years | past building a commodious house o1 worsuip, | which they dedicated recently, Atv Port Murray, | N. J., a revival o: religion of extraordinary power has been enjoyed by th persons have been converte xty-tive of whom have already been baptized. Eleven persona were baptized at the Ma ue chapel, Brooklyn, ou Baptist chure! Sunday evening. Rev. EB. J. Foote baptized ‘six candidates at Ked Bank, N.4., lust 4unday, Amoug them was a soa of Key, A. Perkins, D. ». The de- gree of D. D. has been conterred by Furman Uni- Bleseed Sacrament has been in thia city for some time, and vbe other is expected to be taken up Shortly by the ritaaliats, Dean Stanley is threat- eucd Wibl s lawsuiy tue Cbycoy Of Wha ts Fo Koag.| Whole Dedy Gf evaugeloal disgeuiers, He Wad versity on Rev. 1, W. Tovey, proiessor in Bethel College. The Baptists of Kngland, in the death of Rey. John Howard Hinton, have jost their most eminent theologian since the tine ot Andrew Fal- ler, He stood very high, also, 1a the esteem of the reported to be a scarcity of Methodist ministersin | | Rignty | two years of ‘The ventral tauren of ‘east Boston received i, wi euce was recently noticed in accepted a cail to.the pastorate church at Leavenworth, Kansas. The and Chronicle does not approve of Bap- tist ministers taking little culldren in their arms and blessing them “as the Saviour cid,” for two reasons, viz.:—that the Saviour still lives to do His own blessing, aod (2) lest the practice should grow, until it be- came @ sacrament, laden with efficacious grace, and ail the other nonsense and mischief that Cleave to infant baptism itself. A farewell missionary meeting was held in the Christopher street Baptust church, New York city, on Friday alternoon, to bid Pini ig Mrs, Carpenter, who sailed yesterday lor jurmal MISCELLANEOUS. According to the latest statistical tables of the different denominations in this country the com- ‘Imunicants of the several churches stand in the fol- lowing relations ag i EAT Baptists, 1,725,101; Preabyterians, 736,973; Disciples, 500,000; Lutherans, 487,195; Congregationalists, 318,916; Hpiscopalians, 247,643; Relormed German, 132,195; United Brethren, Mgrs Evangelical Association, Golune! Cnntariaus, 90,000” hese statiates include 60,000; Uniti ese statisti the several branches and subdivisions of the diifer- fs Senortnasak. of which Shere. are, ane = jevhodism and nearly a8 many amo The Heideiberg Reformed church ‘of Philadelpnia will dedicate their new house of worship to-day. The Kev, Charlies L, Thompson, of DICAED. de- clined a call to Louisville, with a salary of $5,000, acknowledging that the offer was 4 generous one, and that the feeling which inspired it was very grateful to him; but adding:—‘None of these things move me.” Promptly came back tne tel- egraphic response :—“We have voted $500 to move you and your furniture.” Miss Rankin’s mission at Monterey, in Northern Mexico, has, at her request, een received under the care of the American Board. ‘the first of a series of union services under the auspices of Universalist clergymen of New York city and vicinity was held last Sunday in the hall of the Cooper Union. Rev. E. 8. Chapin, D. D., preached, The national Convention of the Hebrew order of 8’nat Brith will be held in Cui- cago, On the 2th inst, A large number of New York y ites will leave this city on Thursday next to attend the Convention, ‘here 18 & free evan- ical union service in Dr. Rogers’ church in finn avenue every Tnesday aiternvon, at which ministers of different denominations Ofticiate. ‘To- day 18 the time proposed by the Evangelical Alli- ance for taking up collections in all the churches for the benetit of the late Messrs. Carasco and Pronier, lost with the Ville du Havre. Rev. Dr. Heacock, of Buffalo, now sojourning in New York, expects to return home in the spring greatly im- roved in health, Two new musaions in Jnina and Japan have been established during the past year, The revenue of the society. last year amounted to over $500,000, A “crisis” is reported in the Unitarian denomination, caused by the dropping from the roster of the association of those ministers who refuse to be classed as Chris- tians, The American Board has 19 missions, with 70 stations and 466 out stations; 145 ordained mis- sionaries and a total of 347 laborers sent from this country; 914 native pastors, teachers ana helpers; 197 churches, 9,435 communicants, 12 theological and traming schools, 21 boarding schools for girls and 496 common schools, and a total of 18,644 pupils. Twenty-iour more churches are report 9 more native pastors, nearly 800 communicants were added to the churches, 66 more young men to the theological and training schoois, 86 more girls in boarding schools, and 1,600 more children gatbered into the mission schools last year than the previous year. Rey. C. E. Lord, or the Tabernacle College, Brooklyn, has been ap- pointed District Secretary of the American Peace Society tor New York. iv. We Parson has been elected Professor of Bhetoric in Howard Uni- versity, Aske 0 D.C. The Madeira Mission of the American Board is divided into eleven dis- tricts, with eleven missionaries and a mission phy- sician, The native converts numbered 7,059. These are scattered in 249 villages, bey pRewneys form. the rSajoriny of phe population of a village. The num- ied EE a oats is Loar, Tue number of churches is thirty-one, of which toyrteen have native pastors. Nearly half of the salaries of the pastors is paid by their churches and a native home missionary society Makes up the balance, columns, has Cae Hae bo FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNACOGU! . Neglect and Defiance of the Claims of Judaism by [is Professed Followers— Dr, De Sola Mendes on Pharaoh’s In- fidelity and Modern Scepticism, Rey. Dr. De Sola Mendes, the newly elected rabbi 1 the Congregation Sharai Tephila, is drawing out the members of this congregation in much larger numbers than they have been wont to gather there on ordinary Sabbath days, His earnestness and eloquence attract the young people, and his ease and freedom in the pulpit are pleasing to all classes | and ages, And moreover be 13 thoroughly ortho- dox on all Jewish questions. “Modern thought” bas evidently not moved him in the least from the landmarks of his ancient faith, to which he clings with a firm hold. Yesterday his congregation was comfortably large. The house was not crowded, however. The lesson read was trom Exodus, where Moses and Aaron are sent to Pharoah, King of Egypt, to demand the liberation of the Jewish,bondsmen, that [should obey himy I know not the Lord, neither will | let Israel go.” Dr. Mendes remarked that this day’s reading carried on the history of the Exodus. As Moses apd Aaron carry on the stroggie with the proud monarch they fail each time, and are met with some such sceptical reply to their demands as that given above. But when he was plagued he gladiy sent for Moses and agreed to let Israel go ifthe trouble could be removed, But the oftcner the plague was stayed or removed the oftener he hardened his heart. Like many others, when he was IN TROUBLE HE THOUGHT UPON GOD; but as soon as his trouble was ended he turned | back again to Ms former ways and deflantly bade the great prophet to come not wear him nor see ; his face again. Moses replied that he would not , see the king again un/il the latter should be glad to send for him, or until he should take @ parting 100k at his hosts as they melted away beneath the angry waves of the Red Sea. The children saw nothing but torment and distress before them, They were reqaired to make the same num- ber of bricks as héretoiore, and yet the materials for their labor were withaeld. These were the re- sults, $0 jar us they could see, of all the efforts of Moses aud Aaron to mitigate their condition. Their labor was increased, while the facilities for labor were diminished. Who shall wonder, then, when we read, as we did this morning, the Doctor said, that the children of Israel retused to hearken to Moses ¢ This leature in the narrative, the Doc- tor remarked, is one of the strongest proofs of the authenticity of the Pentateuch. 1t shows that the Israelites were just like other men, and that they acted under the eircumstances as other men wouid act. itis only the tulse history that seeks to make of men angels or demigods. ‘Lhe Doctor discussed more tn detall the defiant attitude of Pharaoh and the sad condition of the ; culidren of israel. The “Midrash’’—a collection of oid sermons and traditions—declares that as soon as Pharaoh heard Moses demanding the release of Israei in the name of the Lord he looked over his sacred books and Called his priests together, but they were unable to give him any iniormation con- cerping THE “GOD OF THE BREBREWS.” They knew of the gods of the Moabites and ofthe | Atomonites and the Canaanites, but had pever heard of the Hebrews' God. Then it was that the king asked, “Who is the Lordy? &c. And when, | as the tradition rans, Moses described this God as the Creator of the Universe, the Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Founder even of Pharaoh's own Kingdpm and crown, the haughty monarch re- plied that he was thereby convinced that Moses was wrong, for his royal ancestors had founded the Kingdom and the sacred river had given him his power ana prosperity. But the authors of the Midrash Wrote bevter than they knew. They de- scribed not oniy the Pharaon of that day, but of our day also, How many & man to-day answers when the claims of religion are pressed upon him as did Pharaoh or the Bapylonish monarch, Who 1s the Lord? Js not this great Babylon that I have | builded?’ When the Mosaic laws cail vo men to-day, on Sabbaths or feast days, they call over the names and number of their gods, and not finding the God of Israei there they ask, who is the Lord? When Ju- daism explains that it is the God of Israel who gives to men everything they bave worth poosessing, they respond that they bave made their own forvunes, nd that What they possess is theirown. Turn to | the monarch of mind and the result 18 no better. Reterring to the discoveries of science, and the Dawinian theory in particuiar, the Doctor re- marked that these theorists tell us that what we beheve ia true 1s false, and What we supposed was new is old and well Known. But the Lord God ol the Hebrews sends us to the proud Pharaoh, of mind Who looks in the books of science and philosoph and seeing no reference to Judaism there they co clude that it has no history, and that it is # new comer. But it answers that what they are now finding out she knew m ber early days in Kgypt. This, ho er, the monarct. Of mind denies, fur these modern Pharaohs, how proud they are, and how deflant! They KNOW NAUGHT OF ISRARL’S GOD, but when the dark days of trouble come upon | it tuey ery out as did Pharaoh of old, “Eutreat | jor me that the plague may be removed.” But as soon as they are delivered they Carn again to taetr old paths and are ready to warn the messenger of God notte see their faces again, and the syna- gogue knows them no more, When death seizes on their Vitais then they Hasten, a4 did Pharaoh, w send for ie mau of God bo entreat jor them once more, The lesson says that the children of Isracl heark- ened NOt wnto Moxes trom want of spirit and se- verity Of toil. It is true they were in svious of their religion, but they we confess it, like many men in our own day who say the trust in a Supreme Being, butwho refuse to confess him for lack of a manly spirit. Man goeth forth to his javor and toil until the evenmg. A mind vacant is ® mind distressed. A mind in doubt is a mind oppressed, Tie Doctor, referring to the necessity o/ rest for the mind and body, said that Judaism, tore tian any ol her daughters, pro- vides for sach rest in her Sabbaths and holidays, but the people iearken not to Moses trom want ol spirit ana cruel bondage, He urged bis hearers to remember aiways that God jad chosen them to WGat Mia doly stuuyard. | ley. | Tharber, CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Closing Session of the National Convention. PEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION NEEDED. Government Aid Solicited in Improving and Completing Several Main Routes of Inter-State Communication, WAsmINeton, Jan. 17, 1874. in the Cheap Transportation Convention this morning the majority report of the Committee on Railroads was adopted, 1t first states the follow- ing abuses :— REGULATION OF RAILWAY THA FFIC. First, the present method of undertaking the con- struction of railways, Without a paid up capital: second, the inflation commonly Known as the watering ot stock: by which its nominal Vawue is largely increased, thereby making it necessary to uly tax travel and commerce w secure ita value; third, the but partial represen thon the stockholders in the board of diree- tion: fourth, ~ by , rings” thely | manage- ment, through which the and the non- managing stoc! are ct to \enrich 8 dam, prominent | offleials and managing | stork- holders; flith, the present system, which necessitates the operation of passenger and freignt traffic over the same, road bed, in which the passenger traic has the right of Way, thus making it necessary ior freight trains (0 lay up two-thirds of the time when to their destination, Reliet must lation, by which onr present ci regulated; and second, competition, which will complete and carry out the retorm which’ legislation must in- gugurate. Under the head of legisiation we should have the following laws:—First, a national law pro: ing @ bureau of Commerce ahd transportation, wh shall have power to prescribe a uniform system tor keeping railway accounts, and such other powers of su- bervision and regulation as may be constitutional, and whose duty it shall be to make an anhuul report to’ Con- gress and suggest legislation tending to improve: our present sysien of transportation : second, a law making it penal offence tor any public oflicer to ‘accept or use free pass of any railway company, and prohibiting rallway Companios trom granting sucli passes to any’ but regular employes on each railway. In view of the experience of the United states lording aid to cor- porations, as shown in the building of the Pacific railroads, we cannot endorse the granting of land or subsidies in any fori to any corporation oF association thi ‘oiling on to ney shouid of individuals for the pur of building any railway or canal; but we recommen at such internal improve- ments be constructed by the national government, thi manuer of constructing railways to be vy coutract to the lowest bidder; that when constructed they should be used for the transportation of government property, and when not required for government use all citizens to have the right to place cars and locomotives thereon and to operate the same,subject to regulations to be provided. by the government, they paying toll there wufticient to maintain the rosdwey, 1a constructing & To the committee belleves that very careiul considerauon should be given to the question of gauge, inasmuch as recent experience has shown that the cost ot construct. ing a three fect gauge 1s about halt that of the four teet eight and one-halt inches gauge, while the carrying ca- ty is about cight-tenthy of that of the broader gauge. STATE LEGISLATION NKiDKD. The committee also recommended that the members of the American Cheap. Transportation Association should, in their several States, endeavor to obiain the toliowing laws (rom their State Legisiature :— First—A law creating @ Board ot Railway Commission. ¢ ied ae constl wa tieied Beet en rates ‘a eight and cars over Taliroads doing business in tie State, and to prescribe a uniform system of keeping railway accoun' ‘Serond—A law prescribing an equitable system of pro- portional or minority representation of the stockholders in the boards of direction, Third—A law restraining railway companies (rom pay- ing interest or dividend beyond a fair and just return on the ae tual cost of their Property to their, stock sud bond olde: ry ¢ all sums in ex- cess of such amobnt ahd What if Requires 10 Keep thelr roads in proper repair and. pay their necessary operating expenses on their moving, handling and terminal tacill ties for public security and convenience, and to reduce their transportation cl gs when such facilities are in perfect and com to! Fer ARE a mal unjust and ex vs vidces which are not compe Fith—A law obliging ali railway companies to trans. port the cars ot other companies or of individuals for a just and impartial compensation, and with the same despatch as the cars belonging exclusively to the suid roads, Siath—A law preventing the leasing, consolidation or combination ot parallel lines of roads. by which com. petition is destroyed and the people’s bighways converted into monopolies. Serenth—A law prohibiting railway companies trom acquiring or holding more real estate than is necessary n. tlway companies from isctthinations againel points. js, and prohibiting railway rs of companies tor the overation of their re co! ofkcia! to ac © pany, and prohibiting railway companicy from gra ing such passes to any but Fegular employes of such railways, The committee farther secre te that, in charters hereatter granted, the State restrve the righi to regulate charges, and that no work shall be contracted sufficleut money 1s i i dividend shall not ¢ cost, and that the capita hout authorization irom the Legisiatur. ir munti the wii + 8 such increase is made, that said stock shall bi of at auction to the highest bidder, CONSTITUTIONAL OBJECTIONS. Judge Locurane, of Georgia, opened dtscussion on the report of the Railroad Committec. He maintained that Congress has no right to attempt the regulation of railway business, basing lus ar- gument upon the constitation of the United States. He contended that competition through the natural water ways of the country must be be reliance of the people for Cheap transporta- tion. Mr. GILBERT, of Chicago, followed, urging that Congress has tue right to regulate commerce by rail between States, aud the several State Legisia- tares the same right in strictly State commerce, He argued that it legislation were had providing a equate penalties tor the violation of common car- Tiers’ obligations competing transportation com- panies would inevitably bring competition in lreights to every railroad station in the country. OFFICERS OF THE CONVENTION, The report of tie Committee on Permanent Officers was adopted, The tollowing 18 the full list of the officers of the Convention :— President—Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts. Vice Preswients—Aiabams, Hon, Charles Pelham; Arkansas, Jon T. Jones; Calilornia, Gover- nor Booth; Colorado, Colonel W. H, Greenwoou; District of Coiumbia, Colonel J. G. Bennett; Florida, 8S. L. Niblack; Georgia, General J. M. Smith; (Indiana, F.C. Johnson; Miinois, A. Whitte- more; Iowa, Colonel A. B. Smedicy; ntucky, Dr. G 5. Milis; Lousiana, W. D. Burnell; Maryland, S, Archer; Massachusetts, Charles Francis Adams, Jr.; Michigan, M. D. Miller; Minnesota, Senator Windom; Mississippt, General A. J. Vaughan; Missouri, Bras- tus Wells; New Hampshire, Dudiey = T. Chase; New Jersey, Joon Jameson; New John S. Henry; Nebraska, George B. Porter; Caronna, General Z. b. Vance; South Carolina, M. Lawton; Tennessee, William Maxwell; Vermont, Hon. L. P. Poland; Virginia, General ©. Carring- ton; West Virginia, B. M. Kitchen; Wisconsin, Hon. Matthew H. Carpenter; Oregon, Daniel Clark} Pennsylvama, Hon, James Bailey; Kansas, Jonn Davis; Ohio, ex-Governor Noyes; Washington Ter- ritory, General R. H. Milroy; Texas, J, B. Jonn- son; Dakota, E. B. Crews; Canada, Hon. F.C, Capreai, Hon. Join Ross and Hon. Walker Shand- Secretary, K. H. Ferguson; Treasurer, F. B. It was resolved that the next session be held at Richmond, Va., we time of meeting to be fixed by tne Executive Committce. James Baker and B. R. Bonner were admitted as delegates trom St. Louis, and I’, C, Capreal and Mr. Kersteman from Canada, ACYION OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE. nator WINDOM, Of Minnesota, being called upon addressed the Convention, and said the come mittee Of the Senate, of which he is chairman, had been employed in gathering much information. He could not now speak as to what the report | would be, but had no doubt it would be satisiac- | tory, and expressed the opinion that it would be reaay to present to the Senate about February 1. Colonel PreyTon, Of Virginia, was next intro- duced, and spoke of the pleasure tt would afford the people of Virginia to weicome the Convention there next year, A CANADIAN ROUTE. Mr. COAPREL, Of Canada, spoke of being instr mental in constructing the first ratiroad in U ada. He tavored the opening of the Georgian Can from Lake Ontario to L: Huron, a distance of only sixty-five miles, which would give vast lacili- ties to the great Northwest. AN INTER-STATR RAILWAY SCHEME, Mr. THURBER, of New York, presented a scheme for the construction of a ralivoad from the Hast to the West. In case of constitutional objections to we government building such a road he proposed the consolidation Of the three charters already ob- tained from New Jersey, Pennsyivania and Ohio, and that an inter-State corporation be formed, ask- ing no aid from the general government, except to | receive money which may be subscribed jor the | nstruction of the road and the payment of tive | “r cent interest upon it until enough be subscribed | ‘Vo construct the first section, The scheme furtner provides for the holding in trust of flity-one per | cent of the stock, 80 that it ean only be vowed in | the interest of cheap transportation, trustees the President ot the United States, the Presidents of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Boards of Trade, the Master of the National Grange It names as and the President of the Cheap Transportation Convention, It was reierred ty tie Comimitice on | Railroaus, WATER RO Mr, THOMAS, of Jowa, presented the report of the Committee on Water Koutes as fouiows :— Resolved, That some system of inland transport jon cheaper than that which We now Dossess is the great 1 the country need o! Ris ine, and that some sys which shall bring inte. 1: encsections of the country. is imperath we would revive our joreign commer domestic trade Resolved, th y demanied d devetop our t this Convention ask of Congress, as & Means Of affording reliel to the country, the enlargement of the brie ©, nd lake route, the ment and 0 id Michiman Cauat ty the Mis ith the compte. the work on the Hin iver; (he umprovement 0 Missixtpor Kiver ee River reute, known as the Atlantic and 6. esterm Caual, and the control of the water line through Vieginh Resolved, That a commit Present appointed to these resolutions to the Congress of the United states, aad ask its 1avorable consideration. THE CHESAPEAKE AND ONTO CANAL, Colonel J. G. BeRRErY Moved an amendment to brovide igr Gue extegsion Ot (Ke Cheyaneake and OD the ‘Onto Canal, in e ado; ry ry nfpocoting Ld Cul route, surveys for wi west of Lt were now being made by the govern- ment, pletion of the route would im- prove the Of the nation, in which all are in- Fe Spreion the vast coal fields of the “ere ame! was wioptet, ‘nd the report of the repo: the com : ‘Mt Tuomas” a8 amended, was agreed to. adopted, direct Govprnors oF th @ resolution, which was overal States aud tho boninies 8 and ion a report of proceedings Of the Convention, with a request that they lay the same before the Legis Jatures aud ask favorable action to aid in its pur- poses, To sour! ap HRRN CANALS, Mr. ABFLL, President of t Talo Trade, said he would ae Rome a refer that be extended to the couttern candle. the kre Canal, in which he was interested, was not so much in want of aid as some canals in the Southern States. COMMITTEES OF THE CONVENTION, The © saladaied standing committees were ap- pointed :— On haitroads—F, B. Tharber, of New York, chairman; Colonel Smedly, of lowa; 3. R, Moore, 01 Uinois; O, M, Dorman,’ of Virginia, and Judge White, of Alabama. On Terminal Factlttles—B. P. Baker. of New York; 5. M. Flagg, of [iinols; Colonel Peyton, of Virginta; Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, and Winborn Lawton, of South Carolina. Artificial Water Courses.. W. Frabel, of Georgia; C. 5, Carrington, of Virginia; Wiliam BR. Abell, oi New York; James G. Barret, of District of Columbia, and F. CO. Capreol, of Canada. On Naturat Water Routes—Barton Able, of Missouri; General Rosser, of Minnesota; W. & Fairfield, of New York; Wilham M. Burweil, of New per drae and Colonel Walter H. Weems, of Ata- a The PrestpEnt, before adiourning the Convention, spoke of the entire unanimity existing, showing that the interests of all parts of the country, South as well as North, were at heart. He hoped the del- egates would carry these ieelings to their homes, and thus do much to promote that feeling of brotherly love and increase the interests of all see- uons in the glory of out common country. Mr. CapPReoL, of Canada, submitted piuns for the Huron and Ontario Canal, and they were referred to the Committee on Water Routes, ‘The committees of the Convention were’ author- ized to present. the reports adopted to senator Windom’s Transportation Committee. The Convention tien, after a vote of thanks to its oMcers, adjourned sine die. THE MAYORS ANNUAL MESSAGE. Both Boards of the Common Council will meet tm session to-morrow afternoon, and, whether the difficulties consequent upon the existence of two Presidents of the Assistant Aldermen are healed or not, the Mayor will send his aunual message te both branches, Owing to the passage of a new charter since Mayor Havemeyser transmitted his last message te the Common Council (January 6, 1873) many changes have occurred around the City Hall and the management of municipal affairs, The Mayor has been actively engaged on this document since the first of the year, and the only delay experi- enced by him and which kept the message back was caused by the incomplete returns sent him by the various departments, Yesterday the doca- ment received the final touches and was sent to the printer. Judging from the volaminous slips in proof com- posing the Mayor’s annual message, it is not say~ ing too much that it will occupy about six col- umns of HEBALD space. Mayor Havemeyer is very reticent about its contents, and while revising the. message would not hold any interview with the members of the press, tor fear, no doubt, that something might leak out fore the Common Council had been made acquainted with its con- tents. ' Stil} suMcient has Jeaked out to warrant the assertion that the Mayor has “laid nimseif out’? message, and therein handies the various subjects treated on without gloves. He pub- lishes full figures from the Comptrolier’s office, his receipts, expenditures and approx~- imations tor the current year. The Commissioner of Public Works has considerable attention paid to his bureau. The Department of Lamps, Obstruc- tions, Sewers and Croton water matters form the particular theme. Likewise does he devote considerable space to the Police and Fire depart- partments, the Park Commission, Commissioners of Charities and Correction and Board of Education. His Honor reviews the various appointments he has made, subject to the powers Pranved him by the charter of 1873. ‘The public debt of New York city and cennty is treated by the Mayor fully and in detail; bat, asa matter of course, and judging from the great inti- between the Mayor and Comptroller, it is to be assumed that he shows the latter’s exhibit as offictal figures, The annexation. of Westchester and the conse- quent labor connected with the carrying out of all the little details receive no small share of the Mayor's consideration, and finally the new Board of Police Justices come in for praise at the hands of the Chief Magistrate of New York for their e™- cy in the administration of minor criminal law. What His Honor has to say on the recent labor troubles has not transpired, but it is supposed, from the tact that he has been so prominent brought in contact with the workmen, he foul make a strong point on this subject with the Jom- mon Council, or demand irom the Legislature such laws as will allow the employment of laboring men, without the red tape required at present in giving out contracts, instead of having work done by day’s labor under the restrictions of the Commis- siouer of Public Works. The message ts looked tor with aaa by a large and interested number of peopie. STATE PRISON MANAGEMENT. + Interesting Figures From the State Comptroller’s Annual Report—An Im- portant Increase of Expenditures Dur- 1 the Past Year. The annual report of the State Comptroller, which has just been transmitted by that oficial to the Legislature, contains some singular statistics in regard to the cost of carrying on the State prisons, and, as compared with the report of last year, many rather inconsistent conclu- Slons, According to the report of Comp- troller Hopkins for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1872, it appears that the “excess of advances from the Treasury over re- ceipts from earnings” was $465,881, while from the present report it is ascertained that the same ex- cess amounts to $597,289. Last year the expenses were $131,407 less than this year. The Comptroller, in his report, took occasion to say that “it would Seem apparent and reasonable that, were the pris- ons properly managea ana their affairs judiciously and systematically administered, they would be not only self-sustaining, but would yield a rev- enue to the Treasury of the State.” Notwithstanding the above excess of over $130,000, which it took to support the penal instt- tutions for the year 1873, over and above that of the preceding year, the Comptroller, in his LA wee congratulates the Legislature by auding, “This 1s, in point of tact, a better showing than has been made fn the prisons for some years.” It should be remembered in connection with the above figures that it was under @ democratic prison administra- tion the excess was the lowest, thus showing that. the party Of professed resorm is hot always on the side of economy, It would be ditticult to percetve how the “better showing” is demonstrated in the report, since the yearly cost of supporting the prisona which is eXtolled by the Comptroiler ex- ceeds, according to his own figures, that of each and every year since 1867. In order to offset the suspicious looking excess indicated, the stock and other property at the prisons is made to appear in the most favorable financial light, One of the sums placed to the credit of Sing Sing Prison represents $31,000 which, in the precise language of the Comptroller, “4s reporied to be due at Sing Sing for lime man- ufactured and sold durmg the year and not paid for." Without awelling on the unprecedeuted action of the Comptrolier im undertaking to re- duce the prison expenses of the past year with the aid of “reported” balances, debts due the Stute and stock and material on hand, the qaes- tion may pertmently be asked by what authority the State ig made a creditor in that or any other amount, ST, STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIO OHUROH, BROOKLYN, The new and handsome edifice of St, Stephen's Roman Catholic church, corner of Summit and Hicks street, South Brooklyn, is rapidly approach. ing completion. The roof bas been finished and the cross is about to be placed in its exalted post- tion on the spire, 200 feet above the sidewalk. The astor of the church, Rev. Father O’Riely, proposes folding a fair shortly to obtain the means requisite for ine purchase of the grand altar, and the ladies of the congregation have held several mectings at which the “ways and means” o1 proceeding nave been seriously discussed. Contributions of money and articles for the tables are now being received in furtherance Of the object to be attained, FEEDING THE POOR, ‘The destitute inhabitants of Jersey City have been well cared for during tnis trying season. Two soup honses are open daily, in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association and the Pavonia Club, The Charity Ciab will give a ball in aid of the Poor Relief Fund at Cooper Hall, on the 27th inst, The Jersey City Schuetzen Corps aevors o roceeds of their hail this week to the same object. ra, Rouse realized the sum of $373 from the Car eid at her bouse igr the Cullgren’s Hume