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NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1874--QUADRUPLE SHEET. “RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Programme of Services—Third Sunday in Lent, March 8, Interesting Correspondence on the Tom- perance and Religions Revivals. Rev. George D, Mathews will preach ip the Harvard Rooms free church services this evéning, and Rev. E. P. Linnell in the morning, Professor Hutchings will preach in the Second Baptist Mission church this evening on “Power with God and with Men,” Dr. Porteous, of Loudon, will talk this evening in ‘the First Reformed church, of Brooklyn,on “The Sadness of the Age.’ Rev. 8. M. Hamilton will occupy the pulpit of the Scotch Presbyterian church this morning and al- (ternoon, Sermons will be delivered in the Central Baptist church to-day by the pastor, who will also admin- Aster the rite of Baptism in the evening. Revs, J. W. Barnhart and J. ¥, Mcdlelland will Preach in St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church ‘o-day. The Rey. Wayland Hoyt closes his pastorate with the Tabernacle Baptist church to-day, preaching in the church on Second avenue in the morning, and in Steinway Hall in the evening, on “Christ Our Friend,” Bishop Cummins will conduct the usnai services of the Reformed Episcopal Church this morning in Steinway Hall and this evening in Lyric Hall. Rev. Dr. Miller will preach in Plymouth Baptist charch morning and evening, and administer bap- tism after the evening sermon, Rev. John E. Cookman will preach in the Free Tabernucle Methodist Episcopal church this morn- ing and evening. The Rey. Alfred Taylor will speak and Master Hale will sing this afternoon at the monthly con- cert of the Morning Star Sunday School. Rev. H. W. Knapp will preacn in the Laight etreet Baptist church morning and evening, and ‘Will baptize in the evening. Rev. Dr. Crook and Rev. J. W. Barnhart will oc- cupy the pulpitof the Forsyth street Methodist. Episcopal church. A temperance prayer meeting ‘will be held there in the afternoon. Dr. Fulton will preach this morning in the Han- son place Baptist church, Brooklyn, on “Infant Baptism ; or, Hindrance to Christian Union,’ Rev. Simon P, Levy, a converted Jewish rabbi, will occupy the pulpit of Beekman Hill Methodist Episcopal church this evening ana Rev. J. B. Mer- Win the same in the morning. Rev. Robert Sloss tells the story of the cross in the Fourteenth street Presbyterian church this morning and evening. Dr. Thomas Armitage will preach morning and evening in the Fifth avenue Baptist church. Revival meetings in Fifty-third streét Baptist church will be conducted during the week by Rev. ‘W. 8. Clapp. Sermons to-day by the pastor. The French Protestant Episcopal church will ‘worship in Calvary chapel this morning. Sermon by the fev. E. Borel. Rev. W. ©. Dawson preaches morning and even- ‘dng in the Church of the Disciples of Christ, Rev. W. P. Corbit will talk about “‘Life’s Battle’? this morning and about “Curiosity” this evening an DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn. The Rey, W. H. Milburn, the ‘biind preacher,’ Will take Dr. Deema’ place in the Caurch of the Strangers this A.M. The Doctor will preach in ‘the evening. The South Baptist church pulpit will be occupied to-day, morning and evening, by Rev. A. C. Os- borne, D. D. The Rev. J. M. Pullman will preach morning and evening in the Church of Our Saviour, Evening’s Subject :—* Dealing with Children.” The pulpit of the Berean Baptist church will be occupied at tne usual hours to-day by Rev. P, L. Davies. The Rev. E. C. Sweetzer will preach this morning in the Bleecker street Universalist church, on “The Church and the World,” Sermon also in the even- ing. Elder James Bicknell will talk to the Beulah Baptist church in Greenwich Hall this morning and afternoon. The society of Progressive Spiritualists will be addressed in Robinson Hall this morning and even- ing by L. C. Howe, The discourse to the people in Cooper Union Hall this evening will be delivered by Rev. Dr. William M. Paxton, Rev. Mr. Newton will preach at half-past ten A. M. and half-past three P. M. in Anthon Memorial church, The morning and evering services in the Church ‘of the Resurrection will be conducted by the rector, Bev. Dr. Flagg. Rev. Dr. Beach will again lecture on the Prayer Book this evening in St, Peter’s, “New Wine in Old Bottles” will be plaoed before the spiritual eyes of his congregation (Harlem Unity chapel) by Rev. Mr. Clarke this morning. The Thursday evening prayer and experience meetings are continued at Benjamin Albro’s, Rey. 0. W. Wendte, of Chicago, preaches morn- ing and evening in the Church of the Messiab, The Wainwright Memorial congregation willbe ministered to spiritually this evening by Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooke, rector of St. Bartnolomew’s, ‘There willbe services at seven, nine and half- past ten A. M,, and hall-past seven P. M., in St, Ignatius’ church, Rev. Dr. Ewer, rector. Divine service at half-past seven P. M. m the Church of the Heavenly Rest, Rev. Drs. Howland and Conrad, rectors, In St. Andrew’s, Harlem, Rev. Dr. Draper con- ‘tinues this evening his lectures on “The Epistles to the Seven Churches.” “Comte’s Pyramid of the Sciences” will be Mr. 8. P, Andrews’ theme this morning, in De Garmo Hall. The usual afternoon and evening services ‘will be held. Mr, Albert Brisbane lectures before the Cosmo- Ppolitans at three o'clock. Elder J. B, Cook preaches, morning and after- oon, in Temple Hall, No. 229 Bowery. “Climax” Reviews the Religious Re- vivalsa. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— No on can read the religious papers which come to us from all parts of the country | ‘without being strongly impressed by the newly awakened interest in all the churches, This re- “vival began with the panic, and it is a curious fact that every great financial crisis seems to be followed by a tidal wave of religious enthusiasm. The exact relation between the two is not easily ascer- tained, but that there is a relation, and a very Antimate one, no man doubts. 1t may be that a sudden panic, like a thunder clap from a clear sky, Startles us into thoughtfulness, or, perhaps, nm sweeping our wealth before it, and showing us how powerless we are to retain this world’s goods, hard earned and honestly won as whey may be, it compels us to turn to Wards tuiugs which neitner storms can whirl svom us, nor seas engulf, nor fire burn, or thioves steal. When a wan ts bound to earth by a golden chain he keeps his cyes fixed on the ground; but when the chain dropske is apt to turn hig. eyes Upward. Some men never tuink of the Lor(™uatii their cash is all gone, When the dingie of gold pieces ceases their ears are opened to another Kind of imasic, At any rate the present revival has ite tap-root in the panic. 1t has, however, spread far beyond our anticipations, That Church must be quite dead which haa not felt few throbs within the Jast three months, As: usual, the Wealthy and Sasitonable congregations.have been stirred the Jeast, and the congregations-which represent the People have been ai! aglow with s nowlife, Where pew rents are higo revivais seldom cross the threshold, If churches mduige in pew doors— ‘Which are intended not #0 mach to keep people in Qs to shut people out—they seldom enjoy the lux. ury Of religious enthusiasm. Fashionable churches Xeep their religion ins refrigerator, while poorer | folk keep theirs close to the fire. Calico goes down on its knees oftener than stik, A great many churches in this city have had and are still having meetingsevery evening in the week, and some have two and even three sessions aday, This work is going on very quietly, but its results are certainly very satisiactory, The Bap- usts of Brooklyn show a record of 216, who in Feb- ruary were rovetved by 1mmersion, while those of Boston Nave a list of 143 for the same period. I hear that in nearly every Methodist church in New York protracted meetitigs are held, These people ure always hard at work, They begtn at sunrise and end somewhere near midnight, and then unwill- ingly. Toink of getting up at ve o'clock in the morning and walking two miles to prayer meeting. ‘When a Man does that you may rest assured he is greatly concerned either about bis own soul or about some one’s else. It is one thing to doze until nine, then lazily dress one’s seif and git down to aluxurious breakiast and aftér that to be driven to divine service by @ span of blood horses, and uite another thing to get up in the cold gray lawn, with the mercury struggling above the freezing point, and then, without one’s Mocha, to | trudge a mileortwo with the hope of gettung { peace or giving it. Still, with all the good which they unaoubtedly accomplish, i cap never quite get used to an old. | fashioned Methodist prayer meeting, I attended one last week, and sach Doises | never heard in my lite. The people worked themselves, by slow and regularly graduated degrees, into a kind of ecstasy, losing control of themselves at times and’) doing and saying the strangest things. 1 was im-: pressed with the consciousness that @ great deal of macuinery was being used, As the electrician’ sends at first a very gentle current through you, increasing it by mechanical means until you feeb ‘as though you were being struck by lightuing, so these gentiemen who had charge of the meetin, began their work in the ordinary tone of voice an gradually increased the pitch and force, accompanying them with wild and still wider gesticulations, until the congregation was emotionally beside itseif and reudy for any- thing. I doubt very seriously whether this state of mind leaves a good spiritual ettect behind. I don’t much beiieve in Mbt $ Teligion into peo- pie, or rousing them so much beyond the ordinary level of excitement that a reaction is sure to en- sue, Reactions are bad, and, like the undertow of the sea, sometimes sweep away more sand than the incoming wave deposits. I have always thought that the Holy Spirit acts most Fedele a4 When a man 1s calm and thoughtfully qutet, and am inclined to believe that the more noise a man makes, theless religion he has. What we need is a Teligion that makes @ Man sell unadulterated cof- fee and sugar, Ican’t judge of what he really is by the size of Dis amens, but I can very easily tell how much religion he has the moment l open a bargain with him, Less noise and more honesty has always been my motto, Long prayers are necessary when @ man hag a great deal to confess, but when one is honest tn his dealings he can tell the whole story in a ive minute prayer. There are two classes of men I always avoid— First, those who pray twenty minutes, because if @ mab is €o bad that he requires that leugth of time to run over the catalogue of his daily misdeeds I | do not want to'trade with him; second, those who projess to be periect, and whorun the rounds of our city prayer meetings, telling of their freedom from | sin and boastivg that for ten or fifteen years they have done no wrong. If the statement is untrae, then J want little to do with @ man who is sel{- deceived, or else a hypocrite, and if the stavement. is true, then I am consumed with wonder that he should have been overlooked in the death list, for | there wust be & mistake somewhere, or he would have been translated long ago. These citizens of | the New Jerusalem who still roam the earth are sorry companions, and are sometimes respectably shrewd at @ bargain, One or two very interesting questions have arisen irom the meetings referred to, It has been pretty well settled that the pastor of a church, as- sociated perhaps with his brethren in the neigh- Dornood, is the mght and the only man to begin | and. to conduct @ revival in his own congregation, | Evangelists, WhO make it a business to work up @ religious interest, Wo go from church to church, carrying their patented machinery with them, are, as they Ougnt to be, a dead failure. Tnere is some- thing exceedingly repulsive to me in the idea of importing a Man who expects to use a sort of mill- tary stravegy to flank and capture the enemy. Every minister knows his his own people best, and each Sunday’s sermon has for its end the awakening of religious interest. ‘he preacher is watchiul of the | ettect of hs words, and whenever he finds an un- | usual thoughtiulness on the part of his congrega- tion he increases the number oj his meetings. He talks with the doubting, cheers tne despondent, | and makes such a plain and simple exposition of Scripture that men deliberately and knowingly and prayerfully accept the new light and the new ltie. Such conversions hold iast. Men ond women Who enter the Church in this way are like vessels | whose anchors are bedded in the bottom. No tide or current can break the hold or snap the hawser. But to say to one’s self, “Now, Ill get up @ revival,”’ a8 one would get up & tea party, and to put the whole matter into the hands of an evan- gelist,as one puts the tea party into the hands of @ caterer, who is to furnish dishes and waiters as well as od, is, to my plain judgment, a mockery, Send ail the evangelists home, and do the work yoursell, 18 the better way. it demoralizes the minister to feel that another man cap doin his palpit what he cannot do; and | it demoralizes the congregation to feel that when- | |,ever any real religious interest 1s to be awakened their own minisier is unequal to the work. There is one other matter of which I wish to speak in this connection, and which deserves the censure of all Carisuan people. Since churches are je up Of mén and women who are intensely human, even aiver they become Christian, there comes to be a rivairy, not ungenerous in char- acter, among them, as to the numbers received. A large membership always indicates strength, Now @ reception by letter 1s nothing particular to boast of, since it is simply a transier | from one church to.another, and does not indicate | any increase in the great catalogue of member- ship. A reception by profession, on the other hand, is something to be proud of, since it indi- cates a conversion from the ranks of the world to those of the Lord, I have heard of one or two in- stunces when a little clerical sharp practice has } giveu the community a wrong impression, We | read of a large number having been received by | profession, and, on investigation, find that too great a proportion of that number consists of per- sons who are already members of other churches, who have been persuaded to ignore that fact, and | to enter the new Church as though they had been cofverted recently, This is unworthy of any minister, it is a kind of spiritual buncombe, that ought not to be tolerated. Let us tell the exact truth in the church if we never do it else- where. To create a sensation by prevarication is, at least, very questionable. ‘To give the impres- sion that yuu are gathering in from the world, | When you are simply sweeping out neighboring | churches, 18 @ not very pious fraud. It is a dis- | courtesy to one’s brother ministers, as well as an equivocation. Let it be stopped, say I; and if it 1s | persisted in give us the names of those who in- | dulge in such questionabie practices. May the good work go on. We cannot have too great a revival of the right kind, CLIMAX. The Jesuit Mission at St. Cectlia’s Church—The Church Crowded Day and Night—Programme for This Week. The citizens of the upper part of the city ore Mocking in great crowds to the day and evening | services of the mission given by the Jesuit Fathers | at St. Cecilia’s (Roman Catholic) church, corner of | 105th street and Second avenue. Rey. Father Flattery, the energetic pastor of St, Cecilia’s, has done good work for the Catholics of Harlem in procuring the services of the Jesuits at this mis- sion, Father Damen’s powerful discourses have already worked tmmense benefits, Several non- Catholics Lave been admitted into the told of this | church since the commencement of the mission. Thousands have received the biessed sacrament at the dally services. All day long and far mto the night the five missionaries are busily engaged in hearing coniessions, The programe of exer- cises for to-day and part of this week is as [ol- lows :—At half-past ten o’clock mass to-day Father Damen preaches on the “Prodigal Son.’’ He also preaches at vespers, at three o’clock. On Monday evening he preacies on “The Real Presence,” and on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings on subjects of popular controversy, ‘There will be conlirmation for children and adults on Wednes- aay. The other morning and afternoon services Will be also continued during the week. Queries for Methodists, A correspondent, who signs himself “F, Miller,” Wants to know how many converts the methodists Would gain to their churches did they not make | such use of fear as they do, and produce such a de- @ree of excitement on the minds of the people? He also asks why the winter months should be chosen for “revivals,” and thinks that the excite- ment and haste by Which the converts are brought futo the Church sufficiently account for the con- tinuods recruiting of the army ot backsliders. He 1s also of opinion that the more coo!ly and method- ically we engage in the enterprise of getting to heaven the more certain we shali be of reacuing at, Perhaps some of our Methodist corres; can answer these queries, baa Auawers to Prayer, A correspondent, “H. G.,” repites to “Prayer’? by reminding bim that the Scriptures are not mere hu- man compositions—the product of human intel- lect—but that the writers were simply the medi- ums by which heavenly revelations were brought | down to carth, and that they seldom or ever com- prenended the truths they uttered or wrote. The Scriptures have, therefore, a natural and a spir- itnal phase, a body and 4 soul, and in our natural condition of mind and thought we can see only the natural in the Word, which may sometimes appear t us contradictory. But to see its divine and heavenly side we must enter into a divine state of sffection and iwto rapport with the Divine Spirit, by whour we shall be able to read and understan the Scriptares in their higher and diviner sense. If “Prayer” will reconsider the hard texts in this way he will be surprised to find the dificulties dis- appear undo tho iervent heat of his loving heart. D. &.,’’ another correspondent replying also | pose. | Asulanud avenue church, Chica; | May 15, many things that we fancy are good, but which if (Gants would prove curses tnstead of blessings. bfort to effect what we desire is the most potent form of prayer, though vocal prayer should pot be despised or neglected. The “righteousness” which the great Master taught us to seek first 18 con- formity to the law of God, one halt of which is com- prised in the golden rule and the other half in love to God or love of the goed. This love is the pre- cursor of al} genuine prayer. It is the real and the highest good. Sach prayer for such ends oever fails to ‘answered, “R, D. S,,’’ therefore, en- courages “Prayer” to Keep on praying, for is nO respecter of persons, but loves all alike, id did not make an exception in the case of Jacob and Esau, for with Him is neither variableness nor shadow of turning, A Reformed Cannibal on the Resurrec- tion. “Feejee,” @ Cannibal Islander, writes that the ancient Egyptians taught and Christianity teaches the doctrine of the resurrection of the body, and, as his people have eaten the bodies of missionaries, which necessarily became part and parce! of said cannibela “Feejee” is, therefore, troubled to know how Ins fathers wil appear in the resurrection at the last day, and with what body will they come, and also how the missionaries devoured by his fathers will put !n an appearance at the great us- size. He, therefore, asks the Christian people of thia Jand to enlighten him, Ministerial and Church Movements. EPISCOPALIAN, A discussion has been carried op tn the press of Philadelphia (or a few weeks past on the position of the Protestant Episcopal church on the doc- trine of eternal punishment. The latest cor Tespondence thereon is from “A Minister of the Gospel” of that church, defining what ‘isimeant by the prayer in the Litanv, “From Thy wrath and from everlasting damnation, good Lord deliver us.” He quotes tne various renderings of the Greek word aion atonios, and shows that in no in- stance does it mean “eternal”? or “cverlasting,” as translated in a few passages, For himself he “utterly rejects the dogma of endless torment as unscriptural, unphilosophical and preposterous, alike degrading to the mora) creation and dishon- oring to its Creator, whose nature is love.» And, moreover, he says he has failed to discover one passage in the Bible where the expression “Thy wrath’? has any reference to a life beyond the grave. METHODIST, Conversions are reported this week in Second street Methodist Episcopal church, this city, 50; Astoria, 100; Harlem, 100; Jane street, city, 180; at Babylon, L, 1, 55; at Atianticville, N. J., 50; at Springville, N. Y., 60; at Phillipsburg, N. J., 180; at Gloucester City, N, J., 50; at Franklin street church, Newark, N. J., 40; im the First Methodist Episcopal church, Rahway, N. J., 50; at Beverly, N. J., 56; in Prospect street Methodist Eptacopal church, Paterson, N. J., 87 Ab the late District Conterence of the Jersey City district Rev. kK. Van- horne, presiding elder, the reports from the churches showed that over 1,400 persons within the bounds of tue district have prolessed conver- sion during the year, Many churches known to have had revivals were not reported because they were not represented, ‘Trinity church, Jersey City, Rev. J. Atkinson pastor, has been favored with a revival, About fijty have been brought to Christ, nearly all of | whom are acuits, many of them heads of families. Accessions to the number of sixty have been had at tne Eighth avenue church, Newark, ‘f. Walters pastor. The Baltimore Episcopal Methodist sums Up 118 revival statistics this week at 2,720, and adds, that to note each meeting separately would occupy several columns of that paper. ‘fhe re- ligious news from every part oi the Methodiat Episcopal Unurch South is truly encouraging. Mrs. Van Cott is preaching in Baltimore with great ‘Buccess. PRESBYTERIAN. The Chicago Presbyveriaus have a pretty quarrel among themselves touching the orthodoxy of one of their ministers—Rev. Dr. Suing. Tus gentieman, in some lecwures or sermons lately delivered, ad- vanced what some of whe more orthodox consider louse views concerning the Trinity, the divinity of Chrigt and the atonement, For these and otner unoithudox opinions, Rev. Dr. Patton, editor of the Interior, the Presbyterian organ of the West and Northwest, lashes his loose brother hit and leit in the columns of that journal, Then the fight became a little more interesting. The Presbyte- rian pastors’ association, at a recent meeting, 1n the absence o1 Dr. Patton, rushed through 4 resolu- tion censuring him for his strictures on Dr. Suing. So that while they appear to be defending the character of Dr. Suinz they are inferentially sub- scribing to bis heterodox views by censuring the man who bellevea it daty to criticise those views. The plan of consvlidation has been perfected by the Assembly’s Committee so that the several benevolent imstitutions hereto- fore existing in the Presbyterian body will hence- Jorth be conducted by four boards, to be desig- nated respectively as Foreign Missions, Home Missions, Kducation and Belief and Publication. This consolidation, besides giving greater eiti- ciency to the work of these departments, will very materially reduce the expenses now mcurred in salaries, rents, &c. Rev, A. P. Burgess, of Syra- cuse, has been called to the pastorate of the Pres- byterian church at Newark, N. Y., and accepted, Kev. A. E, Garrison has resigned ‘his pastorate at Clives, Olo, The Presbyterian congregation at Parsippany, N. J., will celeorate the ludtn anniver- sary of the instaliauon o7 its first minister ina jew weeks. The i‘resbyterians of Fredonia, N, Y., are about to erect a $25,000 house of worshtp. They have alreacy raised $20,000 tor this pur- Rev. Wiiliaw Dinwiddie has restgned the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church at Lexington, Ky. BAPTIST, Rev. Wayland Hoyt closes his labors with the Tavernacie Baptist church of this city to day. He has a call to the Michigan avenue church, Chicago, with @ salary of $6,000 a@ year. Dr. Fish, pastor of the First Baptist church, Newark, N, ., having been granted leave of absence of seven moaths, with salary continued sailed yesterday for Europe and the uy Land, where he will spend the greater part -of his vaca- tion with the Oriental Topographical corps, Rev. d. T. Seely has resigned at Clifton, N. Y,, to take @ charge at Massena Springs, N. Y. Vv. D. B. Cheney, of Boston, has received a cali to the new A St, Louis cor- respondent of the New York Zraminer and Chron- tcle estimates the number of converts in that city under Rev, Mr. Hammond’s preaching, during the past five weeks, at 10,000. No church or public hall in that city is large enough to hold the people who flock to hear him; and the work has reached 200 or 300 miles beyond, in diferent directions, The Baptist Weekly judges trom the reports that have come to tt that not less than 1,000 additions have been made to the Baptist ranks in this city and vicinity during the month of February, ‘Tne Seventeenth street buptist church, New York city, has been sold for business purposes, ROMAN CATHOLIC. The Pilgrimage Committee of Arrangements has fixed the date of its departure from this port March 20 is the jatest time specified for receiving the passage money from tutending pil- rims, ‘Thirty-seven priests were ordained on ebruary 6 by Mgr. Verrolles in the Church of Mis- sions Etrangeres, Paris. Twelve of these started immediately aiter the ceremony for China. Rev. Fasher Willard, of Fond-du-Lac, Wis., is spoken of in connestion with the vacant bistiopric of Green Bay, Wis. The venerable Archbishop of Kheims, France, has recovered from his late dangerous attack of ill health. A new church, dedicated to the Good Skepnerd, has just been founded at Lyons, France. The edifice will be very large, and contain @ chapel dedicated to Our lady of Lourdes. There have been eight pilgrim- ages to the Coliseum in Rome to protest against the desecration of that sublime monumeni, which has been for centuries a witness of the Faith. Great is tie indignation of the public agaiuat the wanton outrage. The Rev. &, M. Smith, of tne congregation of the mission, so iong identified with the work of St. Jonn’s College, Brooklyn, has been transferred to the Church o1 La Salle, Hunols, be- longing to the priests of the mission, The Kev. P, V. Byrne, C. M., has been appointed his successor, and his administration will be inaugurated next Sunday, when @ mission will be opened in St. John’s church, The first and only Irish monastery of the Benedictine Order in the United States is about to be established at Creston, Jowa. ‘The prior, Very Rev. tock teh Burns of St. sohn’s on the Lake St. Cloud, Minn., has pur- chased 400 acres of land for the right of the Mona- stery. He will have the house built in the spring jor the reception of the friars aud brothers, On Friday morning, in the Church of the Holy in- nocents, the Rev. Father Larkin, pastor, received Lows Gordon aud Saloman Caplan, Jewisn con- yerts and natives of Vilna, Russia, intothe Cntrch, MISCELLANEOUS, The Israelites in Portland, Me., have secured ana fitted up a hall for weekly Worship—on Saturday, of course. They give it the name of “Covenant Hall.” There are 70,000 members of Christian churches in the Lower Bengal, of whom 50,000 are natives, Christian work bas told there, and it is only just begun. During the forty-seven years of its history the total receipts of the American Home Missionary Soclety have been $6,500,000, and it has been {instrumental in adding 228,685 members to the churches, Christian Union churches throughout the land have 40,000 members, and are working mightily and successfully for God, Rev. J. V. B, Flack is among the soremost ol their ministers, mittee, composed of a mimster from each of the evangelical denominations of Boston, nas been ap- pointed to conier together toward’ some perma- hent organization of the same for conference, prayer and work. The Hoe of the First von- gregational Church of East ven, nn., are preparing to celebrate their denténital ‘annie versary. The Committee on Invitation alre: have “ enrolled 500 ancestral names, ant Dot less than 1,000 Invitations will be sent abroad to descendants living in New England and in the South and West. Yesterday the Jewish congregations worshipping heretoiore in the temple on Thirty-ninth street, near Seventh avenue, and in Lexington avenue and Sixty-third Street, took possession of the latter under the title of “Beth BI.” . Einhorn, pastor of the congre- ae Adas Jeshurun, has been retained paator of he united society. He delivered his inaugural r prayer in any real good for ourselves or bes len Senet wh that God never tails to an- Others is songnt, But be thipks We May pray for Sermon yesterday morning. ‘The sale of take place there Fo-day. R gee oe A com- | | had nothing to do but stand it; his manner was THE COURTS. The King-O’Neil Tragedy---The De- fence---A Story of Domestic Lifo. | BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS, Summeries—Action for Damages Against Com- missioner Charlick—The Woodhull-Claflin Libel Suit—The Defendants Ad- mitted to Bail—Decisions. Wylo, libelled the vessel for wages, on the ground that he was discharged at this port and that his j wages were then due. The master of the ship de- | nied this, snd a motion was made before Judge Benedict, in the United States District Court, to dismiss the libel, Messrs. Andrews and Smith op- | posed the motion, and it was denied by the Court; but it was ordered that proceedings under the libel be discontinued, and the vessel discharged on | the promise by the master that Cairney’s wages be | placed in the hands of the English Consul. Yesterday Judge Benedict sat im the United | States Circuit Court, criminal side, when the | Grand Jury came in and presented indictments | against John Wright and William Robinson for ob | taining money by means ot false papers, and against Henry Tyndall for having commutted acts of al- leged fraudulent bankruptcy. The Grand Jury were discharged for the term, and the Court ad- journed until Wednesday next, when the March | term commences, The motion in the suit pending between | Messrs. Grau and Ruilman, the operatic man- agers, the particulars of which were pub- | lished in yesterday’s HERALD, was erroneously stated to have resulted in a denial of the motion. Judge Larremore reserved his opinion. | William H. Ricketts was yesterday appointed | erier of the Supreme Court. He has been an officer | of the Court for several years, and his promotion | to this higher post of duty, made at the instance of Judge Brady, is heartily endorsed by the profes- | sion. THE KING-O'NEIL TRAGEDY. —————— Cumulative Evidence for the Defence— | The Domestic uife of King in Califor- | nia—His Late Home Troubles and State of Mind Betore the Shooting—Painful Pictures of Domestic Infelicitics. There was comparatively 8 brief session yester- day of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Juage Brady on the bench, in the trial of James C, King | jor the alleged murder of Anthony F. O'Neil. No | diminution showed itself in the crowd in attend- ance, but the interest in the case grows evidently greater as the trial progresses, A prompt appear- ance was put in by the jury, the prosecuting coun- sel, District Attorney Phelps, and Assistant Dis- | trict Attorney Lyons; the counsel for the prisoner, ex-Judge Beach, William F, Howe and John 0, Mott, and last, but not least, by the prisoner, with | the same apparent listless indifference on his face as to the final result, The examination of wit- nesses for the defence was resumed and the gen- eral interpretation put on the additional testi- | mony was inore favorable for King than any pre- | viously offered. The whole story of his domestic \ life was gone over, from the first days of his happy | married life down to the breaking up of his home and the mental disquietude that culminated in the | shooting of O'Neil. A good deal of the testimony | had reference to the intimacy between O'Neil and Mrs. King. On Monday Mr. Howe will call various medical experts, whose testimony, it is claimed, will be the most important yet offered and will | Present the cage of the prisoner ina still more favorable light. TESTIMONY OF JULIUS A. PALMER, JR, | The first witness called was Julius A. Palmer, | Jr. He testified that in 1867 he Knew the prisoner { in San Franctsco, where he was in business, con- | nected with trade to the Sandwich Islands and belonging to the Chamber of Commerce; witness | ‘was married and used to visit King, who was very | comfortable and very happy in his domestic rela- tions and passionately fond of his children; he met the prisoner again in 1870, and noticed that he was changed, had a wild manner and was quite different; in the fali of 1872 King called on him in | the Brevoort House, and said to him, “Palmer, I have the worst trouble I ever had; 1 came home the other day and found my wile was living with another man;” he also said his children and ser- vants knew it, and he thought worst of that; also that they were trying to take his cnildren from him; .| that he was afraid they would kill him, and that he would kill himself if it wasn’t for the children; he asked for a cigar, and smoked wildly, and said, “1 didn’t smoke much before the troubles, but now I | can’t keep the cigar out of my mouth;” he came | up stairs and told all his domestic troubles to wit- | ness and his wife; a few days after witness met | him on Broadway, with his hat pulled down over his eyes, and walking like a drunken man; he burst out, “It is all coming out in the papers, and my children and Tare damned forever;” witness noticed the expression, because the prisoner had | never used profane language in his conversation; he was not drunk; never would take mucn wine; be said, “Mf they take the children trom me I’!) surely go crazy.” | On cross-examination witness said King was a prosperous man of business in San Francisvo; in | 1868 King set up @ house in Liverpool; in the fall of | 1871 King carried on a banking business at the | city, and Mr. Henderson, @ member of the Stock | Exchange, was his partner; King made wild state- ments to him in 1871 about going to get $25,000 salary as officer in @ loan and trust company; | witness told his wife he feared King would commit suicide; he used no violent expressions in regard to O'Neil; saw King at the Tombs but did not notice anything particular in his manner; King never said anything about his business relations | with Edwin James, TESTIMONY OF EPFIE W, PALMER, Mrs. EMe W. Palmer, wile of the last witness, was next called—She testified that she knew King | in San Francisco: he lived in very good style there and was very affectionate to his children, and his | relations with Mrs. King were very pleasant; when King called to see them in the Brevoort House in 1872 he said he had found out that his wife was liv- | ‘ng in improper relations with Mr. O'Neil, and that the children and servants knew all about it; | he had a wild look and he said if they took tne children from him he should go crazy. TESTIMONY OF WELSH EDWARDS, | Welsh Edwards, No. 121 West ‘Twenty-ninth street, testifled that King resided with him in | 1870; he showed extraordinary fondness for his children, and they were very tond of him; he used to complain very excitedly of his hard lot; he seemed to be in constant fear of being shang- | haed, and said the parties against him were very strong, and were getting the best of him, and he used to walk about the room excitedly, and run his fingers through his hair; his eyes had a peculiar look; his one thought was about his children; he used to talk of O'Neil and of his lawyers, Judge | plaimtia, 7 = her was very nervuus on those occasions; his con- duct was very irrational, On cross-examipation the witness said the ser- vant girl once complained of Mr. King to Mr. Ed- wards; Mr. kdwards had an interview with King, demanding an explanation; the complaint was that Mr. King used to knock at Sarah’s door in the Iniddle of the night and wake her up, asking her to call her colored boy; sbe ¢id not hear any com- plaints of his staying out late at nights with 188 Hay wood, TBSTIMONY OF MINNIE FORMAN, Minnie Forman, a colored girl, who was servant in Sore family, testified that Mr. U’Nell used to visit Mrs, King very often in Mr, King’s abseuce, and very selaom called when Mr. King was at home; when Mr, O'Neil called in the evening witness bad to take the children out to play; Mrs. ming Heed to send her out; Mr. O'Neil was in the habit of calling almost every evening when Mr, King was away, and remained until nine or ten o’clock, Which was the hour at which Mr, King came home; alter Mra. King left home witness in- formed Mr. King about these visits. In crogs-examination the witaess was asked whether, besides the first aildavit she made, and whici was drawn up for her by Mr. King, she did | Bot make another affidavit, in which she stated John Cairney, the steward of the British ship | that King suppressed what she said to him about striking his wife, and that the statement as to nis being an affectionate husband and father was not authorized by her. The testimony was excluded, TESTIMONY OF MORGAN BTREET. Morgan Stree guns. TESTIMONY OF MARIA TURNER. Mr. Maria Lurner, wife of Peter Turner, from | whom the station in Orange county is named, tes- tiMed that in the early part of 1872 she saw the prisoner and O'Neil irequently go out huatit to- gether; after they broke up housekeeping King and his children and servants came to Ftop at her hotel; he often spoke of bis children, wringing his bands and asking them what he should do, and Saying tat u they took the children away trom niin he should be @ ruined man and not able to do anything more; witness did not think he waa irra- tional at the time, but he acted very strange, TESTIMONY OP CRARLES 4, LAMONT. Charles A. Lamont, another oi the residents at | Turner's, testified that O'Neil occupied rooms io his house at one time; on one occasion while wit- ness was in a railroad car King came up to him and requested him to go forward and speak to Mrs, King and get her to come away from where she Was sicting, between Mr. and Mrs. O'Neil; witness refused to mix up in the matter at all; King said he wanted lili to get into a conversation with her; that {1 sue Was once away from the influence of Mr. and Mrs, O'Neil she would go back to him; he ; Made the request three times, and urged it as a duty, but witness refused. ‘To Mr, Phelps—He said Mr, O'Neil was the cause of her leaving his house; she was living with Mr and Mrs. O’Netl at the time he spoke to me on the car, TELEGRAM FROM THE PRISONER, ‘The defence now put in evidence a telegram from King to Jesse A. Folk, July, 1872:—“Have just ais- covered here (at Turner’s) complete and positive proof of the guilt of the parties. Come up to-night ‘aud you will be satisfied.’ TESTIMONY OF JOHN HORN, John Horn, railway trackman, testified that one day he saw Mr. O'Neil and Mrs, King walking wgether up the railway track; he couldn’t tell where they went, but they disappeared into the Wood; they came back the same way; he told Mr. King about it, To Mr. Phelps—Couldn’t exactly remember the time it was; believed it was between the fall and the summer; it was in the afternoon ; couldn’t re- member what hour. TESTIMONY OF DANIEL HOPKINS, Daniel Hopkins, who belonged to the same gan; of workmen ag the last witness, saw Mr. 0’Ne! and Mrs, King in the fall ol the year going up the railway track together; Mr. O'Neil had @ basket on his arm, as if they were going to gather nuts; there was no one else with them; they went into the wood and remained there two hours. To Mr, Phelps—Mrs. King was boarding at this time at Mr. Stockwell’s, with Mr. and Mrs, U’Neil; Mrs, King used to wear glasses. TESTIMONY OF ISAAC BARNES, Isaac Barnes testitied that he holds the office of Constable at Turner’s; the day after Mrs, Bing went away with the children Mr. King pat him 1 charge of his house, a8 he feared his wile would take away the children; he showed witness a | loaded 1 eee benind the door and put a pistol into his hand; told him to have nerve enough’ to shoot | any one who shouki attempt to take the children; they took breakfast together, and prisoner only drank a cup of coflee, and then stood up, paced about | the room, putting his head between his hands; his looked at the time of that conversation “very re- pulsive” in his eye; the prisoner also spoke of hav- ing detectives alter his wife and O'Neil, ana of having them put under lock and key in the Tombs, To Mr. Phelps—He said Mrs. King was insane and she might steal the children; he had a pistol be- sides the one he gave me: he said if he was in New York he could have Mrs. King and O'Neil locked up | in the Tombs pretty quick; while 1 was with him he took out a Writ of replevin to get some things back that Mra. King had sent to Stockwell’s; the witness described how a tussle for possession of a guncase took place in Mr. me house on the oc- casion of an execution granted by Judge Blatchford in bankruptcy; witness went to take posses- sion of some things in King’s house; he et a uncase and King seized it too; in the tussle they got near the chimney ptece, where two pistols were lying; the colored boy, Joe, removed the een and put them in his pocket; Mr. King put out his hand to the chimney piece, but the pistols were not there; thinking he had done wrong, Joe put one of the pistols back on the chim- hey piece, bat Mr. King didn’t see it, and the; pot is gave up the guncase. TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH O’MBAVER. to the other side of the room; eventually Mr. Joseph O’Meaver, proprietor of the Ocean Hotel, | Newport, testified to the extreme fondness of Kin; for his children while they were staying at thal hotel in 1869. The Court then adjourned to Monday morning, | BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. SUPPEME COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisions. By Judge Donohue, Forehand vs. Collins, impleaded; In the matter of Mangan Ferguson vs, Goldsmith, Pine vs. Pine; In the matter, Xc., Van- derpoel; In the matter, &c., Sierra B. Silver Mining Company; Cleveland Churchill (two cases) ;In the matter, &c., M ner. Bond, &c. vs. Quicksilver Mining Company; Sleight vs, Cry: tal Spring Company.—Granted. ee vs, Marsh.—Appeal sustained; memor- andum. Cochrane vs. Gould, In the matter, &c., Vande- water; Guggenheim vs. Guggenheim, Prouty vs, Levett, Demmler vs. Vemmler; In the matter, &c., Broadway Tabernacle Society; Stillman vs. Ludeman.—Orders granted, The People, &c., vs. The New York Plate Glass. Company, Pettegrew vs. Tne City of Brooklyn, The Knickerbocker {ce Company vs. Cruger.—Memo- randums, Daken vs. Viryan, Taddiken ve. Cantrell.—Mo- tions granted. Agate vs. Coburn, &c.—Judgment granted. Platt vs. Platt.—Keport of referee confirmed and Judgment of divorce granted. corner of Broadway and Exchange place, in this | “ Martling vs. Whelpley, Williamson vs. Mason and | others, Thomas vs. Cole.—Motions denied, Eagan vs. McGino.—Cause re‘erred, Noonan vs. Dunphy.—Kelerred, SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM, Suit Against Oliver Charlick. Before Judge Curtis. John A. Wyman claims that in March last he was engaged by Oliver Charlick to assist in the con- | struction of the steamer Jane Mosley, and that his bill for the same amounted to $15,389 93, of which only $8,000 has been paid to him. He instituted a suit to recover the amount piloged to be still due, and yesterday & motion Was made for the appoint- ment of areferee to investigate the tacts. The defence is that the steamer was built for the Long Island Railroad, and that the suit is not properly brought against him. After a brief argument the motion was granted. Decisions. By Judge Curtis, Putzel vs. Van Brunt.—Motion granted in part, See memorandum. Wyman vs, Charlick.—Motion for reference ranted, . By Judge Van Vorst. Donovan vs. Sheridan et al.—Judgment for See opinion. SURROGATE’S COURT. The Scott Will Case. Fullerton and others; on one occasion Ne com- plained that O'Neil had called the clerks out | and pointed how {8 your mental anguish now?’ that he was | very angry, and tf he got him outside he would { probably settie him; he seemed very much agi- tated; the second time he said he bad to stand it | again from O'Neil; that he was coming through | the Erie depot and met O'Neil and his wife and that O'Neil looked at him very contemptuously aud said, “Well, you're a sweet-headed son of a b—;" he said he ran aw: fast as hs could, because he quite irrational. | Cross-examined—Miss Haywood, of the Opera | House, @ step-daugater of Edwin James, also ri sided in the house; could not tell what King’s busi- ness was, but Sere he was enn loyed at the Erie office; he used to visit James’ office; cannot | tell whether King and Miss Hay wood were Hh habit of goimg out together; when at ome Kt ty used to spen as a man sho SRewaey OF MRS. WELSH EDWARDS, Mrs. Edwards, wife of Welsh Edwards, testified that when King took rooms from the! made ar- rangements that nis wife was to ne the children whenever she pleased; he was very fond of his children; when speaking of his dimcuities and the interference of Mr. and Mrs, O'Neil nis manuer was Lite th Mrs, [Aantal H er to arrange an interview between him and Mra, King, View conctliation, for the sake of i came, and he went to the room was frequently 8 aren aud paving 1 children; Mrs. King where she was; he aking of the future of bis chil- evidence of pep atlas. a ¢ ny guthoricies to show that the reputation + aad Bena Before Surrogate Robert ©. Hutchings. This three-year-old case was closed yesterday by at tim, and called ont, “King, | the summing up of the testimony, its dramatic and romantic incidents being entrusted to Mr. A, Oakey Hall for the executors and Mr. Benjamin A, Willis for the contesting widow. The testimony has been fully given in the HERALD, | turns upon the marriage or non-marriage of the contestant with the testator, | Mage before a clergyman in 1831, and the posses- oe of the marriage certificate, which she with- olds. prove for the other marriage his wife, also contracted a different marriage in The question She alleges a mar- | The otner side say it is a forgery, and | Mpintaver 8 alibi, She aumits an- in 1840, The decedent, if she was 863. The contestant also asserts @ marrjage b The counsel for the will tually agreed to and be continuous and his time playing with his children, | unbroken, Decision reserved, COURT OF SERERAL SESsioNs. The Woodhull and Claflin Libel Case The Defendants Released on Bail. Before Judge Sutherland, The trial of Victoria C, Woodhull, Tennte ©, Claflin and James H. Blood, charged with lbelling with a view to re- | Luther ©. Challis, was continued yesterday, Mr. | Brooke furnished an aMidavit of Mr. Sisson, a pri- | vate detective, that he had served an attachment | From Wiahed he was dead; bis man- | upon James E. Magwell and Samuel Harned, who who resides near Turner’s Sta- , tion, testified to having trequentiy seen O'Neil and | King go by his house together, with their dogs and Givbons, Schmidt vs, | could not be found at their restuences after dum gent search. MR2, WOODHULL ON THE STAND, Victoria C. Woodhull was then called to t on her own behalf. She detailed the occurrences that took place in @ private box at the French ball in the Academy of Music between Challis, Max- well and two young school girls ‘rom Baltimore; how she (Mra. Woodhull) remonstrated with the gentlemen for plying the giris with champagne, and gave a long parrative of the conversations which she had had with Chailis at her residence, wherein he admitted that he took the girls to an improper house, dodge. Fullerton cross-examined Mra. Woodhull atlength. She said that a Mrs. Shepherd wrote the alleged libellous article which appeared in the Weekly. Judge Sutherland permitte counsel for the prosecution to put in evidence portions ofan article that appeared in the Weekly on the “Beechor-Tilton Scandal,” to show the motive which actuated the defendants in the publication of the alleged libel, In admitting the article the Court reflected in strong terms upon the doctrines enunciated by Mra, Woodhull Before Mr. Puller~ ton read the article he asked Mrs. Woodhull if those were her senuuments and she said they were. The cross-examination had not concluded when the hour for adjournment had arrived, and the case Was adjourned till Monday. Aiter the adjournment the defendauts were Ifb- erated on bail, in the sum of $2,000 each, . Charles Devlin becoming their bondsman, TOMBS POLICE COURT. A Dishonest Domestic. Before Justice Morgan, Henrietta Zimmer, a prepossessing German girl, aged nineteen, was arraigned on a charge of grand larceny. It appears that Henrietta was employed as a domestic in the family of Henry J. Menninger, at No. 123 West Fifty-fourth street, Last Tuesday she lelt the house, and after ber departure four rings, valued at $54, were missing, The case was placed in the hands of Detective Patrick Dolan, who arrested Henrietta at the residence of her mother in Mott street, Justice Morgan held her, in Jeiault of $2,000, to await trial, Hutton’s Mistake, On Friday afternoon James O’Brien, a porter in the store of David Lindsay, at No. 74 Franklin street, was accosted by # man named George Hutton while standing in front of the store, who asked O'Brien to help him place a case of dry goods, which was lying on the walk, on his (Hutton’s) truck. O’Brien, suspecting that Hutton was not over honest, helped him to place the case on the dray and then called Officer O'Halloran, of the Fifth precinct, who arrested Hutton as he waa driving of with the property. When arraigned at the Court yesterday Hutton refused to make any explanation further than that he was engaged by an unknown mun to cart away the goods to the Mel oy steamer, and that he had no guilty intent in connection with the affair. Justice Mor- gan held Hutton for trial. Another Dishonest Employe. William Rafferty, a porter in the store of H. B. Claflin & Co., was arrested on Friday, by Detective Stevens, accused of having for the last six months been engaged ina system of thieving from the store, goods having been missed from time to time, and, a watch having been kept on Raflerty, who was suspected, he was seen to leaye the store With six pieces of Japanese silk, valued at $65, un- der his coat. Alter his arrest he told Detective Fields, of the Central OMice, that he had soid many of the goods to Joseph Barnett, of No. 96 Baxter street, On the strength of these representations the detective went to Barnett’s place, and on searching it discovered a quantity of goods which were iden- tified by Mr. Robinson, of the frm of H. B, Claflin & Co., as having deen stolen irom him. Baruett was then arrested. Justice SORiR ears cae held both of the prisoners without bail. BROOKLYN COURTS. A motion was made before Judge Benedict, in United States Circuit Court yesterday, to have Supervisor of Internal Revenue Lucien Hawley, who 1s indicted on the charge of conspiring with ‘ Sanborn and Vanderwerken to defraud the govern- meat, discharged on his own recognizance. The defendant charged that District Attorney Tenney did not intend to try him on the indictment already found against him, but was holding bim until he could secure a stronger bill. The jury in the suit of James McGarry, guar- dian, against Loomis and others, for injuries re- ceived by plaintiff's boy, by falling into a pool of | hot water in front of detendants’ saw mill, ren- dered @ verdict in favor of McGarry for $6,000. He claimed $15,000, | , John Ra Loretz, Jr, presented his wife with | $2,000, but subsequently, having separated from | her, ne drew the money from the bank and depos- ited itin his own name. Mrs, Loretz to re- cover, and yesterday Judge Tappen, of the Su- preme Court, decided in her favor, “but because of the peculiar facts in the case the defendant was not charged with costs,’ Willian Pinder, Jr., of Fulton street, was com- mitted for non-payment of counsel fee ordered by | the Supreme Court in a sutt brought againet him | by Emma Pinder for absolute divorce. It appear- | ing yesterday that the commitment ordered that the defendant be committed jor costs, contrary to the statute, he was discharged by Judge Gilbert, but without prejudice to another application. SUPREME COURI—SPCCIAL TERM. A Mexican Claim. In the suit of Edward Bissell vs. Caroline Spratte, which grew out of a claim against the Mexican government before the Mexican Claims Commission, Judge Tappen has rendered the fol- lowing decision :—There 13 no substantial dificuity or dispute in this case. The plaintiff had an agree- ment with Mrs. Spratts to prosecute her claim against the Mexican government at his expense and to recover one-half of the sum awarded, The plaintiff, by power of attorney, ap- pointed the defendant, Bogart, Sr., to act for him. Allthe acts of the lefendant, Bogart, Jr., are averred by him to have been in harmony with the plaintiff's interest, and the agreement subse- quently made by Bogart, junior, with Mrs, Spratts,, does not destroy the first agreement, but 18 to be: held as auxiliary and subsidiary thereto, Bogart,. Jr., seems to have been under the necessity of re- taining counsel at a critical period to promote the Interests of the parties holding the claim, inciud- ing the plaintiff, This was occasioned by tne plain- tiff’s sickness and absence, and the plaintiff, hav- ing the benefit of such services whica he himself had offered to perform, must accept the burden With the benefit, And the counsel who rendered. such services under the agreement for compensa tion to be patd out of the plaintia’s share o1 the claim are entitied to have such agreement upheld, ; And so far as the plaintiff is concerned that charge. | is uot to be paid by her, because it was a service which the plaintiff had agreed to render, Let judg- ment be entered tn conformity with this decision, Neither party to have costs agaist the other, UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. Decisions. WASHINGTON, March 7, 1874, No. 87. Mitchell vs. Tiighman—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New | York.—In this case the appellee recovered in the | Court below for the iniringement of his patent ior @ new process in the use of fat acids in the manu- factures to which they are adapted. The decree: is here reversed, the Court sustaining the theory | of the deience that there Was no iniringement of | the patent in the process used by the defendant. The Vourt say that differences between the two processes so great as that exhibited in the recora relieve the Case, in their judgment, from ali doubt, aod Warrant the conclusion that the process un- der which the respondent works aS gymannally different from that of the complainan ir. gus tice Clifford delivered the opinion. Dissenting, Justices Swayne, Stroug and Bradley ; not sitting, Mr. Justice Dav. No, 196, Cook et al. vg. Tuilis—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ubio,— In this case Cook and others are the arsignees tn bankruptcy of one Homans, an insolvent, and as such claimed to hold @ demand note for $7,000, which, before bis failure, he nad deposited in the place of certain bonds and securities which Tullis had left with him for safe keeping, using the secu- rinies for his own purposes. This was done with- out the knowledge of Tullis, and abouta month before the fatlure. The note maturing Homans took measui for {ts collection, On the day of the suspension, and nearly a month belore the petition was fled, he notified his attorney that the note beionged to Tullis, Under these circum. stances the Court below found that the note was the property of Tullis, and that the transfer was nota proceeding intended to give him a prefer- ence over other creditors contrary to the statute. That decision ts adirmed tere. Mr, Justice Field caystes the opinion, Mr, Justice Miller dissent. ng. No. 194, Clitnkenbeard et al. vs, The United States—Error to the Cirenit Court forthe South- ern District of Ohio, Mr. Justice Clifford a. nounced the aMirmance of the judgment in thig case by a divided Court, CITY AND OOUNTY TREASURY, Comptrolier Green reports the following re- ceipts of the treasury yesterday :— From taxes of 1873 and interest... oe From arrears of taxes, assessments and interest. ‘rom collection of assessments and interest, From market rents... ‘ From water rents. From licenses—Mayor's Office From fees, &c,—Superior Court and fines—District © d Total,